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3.79. 80,922 ratings3,881 reviews. When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy Aunt Touchett, it is expected that she will soon marry. But Isabel, resolved to determine her own fate, does not hesitate to turn down two eligible suitors.
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Jan 6, 2021 · The Portrait Of A Lady does what it says – it is a portrait of one Isabel Archer, an early-20s American woman who is brought over to England by her aunt some time in the 1870s. At one point the narrator calls themself her biographer. The novel begins in England, on the grounds of Gardencourt, a grand Edwardian house some forty miles from London.
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May 12, 2015 · Book Review: Portrait of a Lady. Supposedly Henry James’ best novel, Portrait of a Lady is a project to read in its detailed 623 pages. It starts off rather slowly with a young American heroine in England refusing likable and very eligible suitors, and we are inclined to admire her pluck.
Aug 27, 2012 · Put like that, the novel sounds not uneventful, and it is surprising to read the reviews that “The Portrait of a Lady” attracted when it first appeared as a book, in both England and...
The Portrait of a Lady, novel by Henry James, published in three volumes in 1881. The masterpiece of the first phase of James’s career, the novel is a study of Isabel Archer , a young American woman of great promise who travels to Europe and becomes a victim of her own provincialism.
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The Portrait of a Lady is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly and Macmillan's Magazine in 1880–81 and then as a book in 1881. It is one of James's most popular novels and is regarded by critics as one of his finest.
A short summary of Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of The Portrait of a Lady.
