![]() ![]() It includes an extensive critical apparatus, extra reading material including a section of photographs and notes. This volume is based on the authoritative New York Edition, and includes the author’s seminal preface. The opening sentence of Portrait of a Lady may not be the most exciting in all of literature ('Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea'), but the novels opening perfectly prepares the reader for the development of the novels main themes. ![]() When she suddenly comes into a large legacy, Isabel believes that this windfall will finally ensure the freedom that she yearns for and embarks on an exhilarating journey through France and Italy, only to find her endeavours thwarted by the sinister plotting of some of her acquaintances.Ĭonsidered by many to be Henry James’s finest novel, The Portrait of a Lady is a subtle examination of Victorian society and power relations, providing a groundbreaking psychological study of its protagonist. Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady 51 likes Like She carried within herself a great fund of life, and her deepest enjoyment was to feel the continuity between the movement of her own heart and the agitations of the world. The Portrait of a Lady Kindle Edition by Henry James (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 1,913 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 0.19 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 19.98 1 Used from 11.99 1 New from 19.98 Paperback 6.49 1 New from 6. Having travelled from her native New York to London to meet her relatives, Isabel Archer, a young, independently minded young woman, rejects the marriage proposals of two suitors in her determination to stay in control of her destiny. ![]()
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