The Portrait of a Lady
by Henry James
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The heroine of this powerful novel, often considered James’s greatest work, is the vivacious young American Isabel Archer. Blessed by nature and fortune, she journeys to Europe to seek the full realization of her potential—or in modern terms, “to find herself”—but what awaits her there may prove to be her undoing.
During her journey, wooers vie for her attentions, including an English aristocrat, a perfect American gentleman, and a sensitive expatriate. But it is only after the ingenue falls prey to the schemes of an infinitely sophisticated older woman that her life takes on its true form. With its brilliant interplay of tensions and characters, The Portrait of a Lady is a timeless and essential American novel.
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Fiction, Americans, Inheritance and succession, Triangles (Interpersonal relations), Fathers and daughters, Married women, Young women, Married people, Social life and customs, Domestic relations, Readers, Marriage, Classic Literature, Historical Fiction, Romance, Composition and exercises, Latin language, Grammar, Problems, exercises, Long Now Manual for Civilization, - Fiction", Romance Norte Americano, Manners and customs, Film, Fathers and daughters, fiction, Italy, fiction, Man-woman relationships, fiction, Married people, fiction, fiction", American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, psychological, American literature, James, henry, 1843-1916, Large type books, Young women--fiction, Americans--italy--fiction, Inheritance and succession--fiction, Married people--fiction, Triangles (interpersonal relations)--fiction, Ps2116 .p6 2009, 813/.4, James, henry , 1843-1916, Fathers and daughters--fiction, Married women--fiction, Ps2116 .p6 1995, Isabel Archer (Fictitious character)People
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The Portrait of a Lady (Penguin Classics)
June 26, 2008, Penguin Books Ltd
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The portrait of a lady
1992, Vintage Books/Library of America
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1981, Oxford University Press, Oxford University Press, USA
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 654-656).
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