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  The Portrait of a Lady (Penguin Classics) (Paperback) By (author) Henry James, Edited by Geoffrey Moore, Introduction by Geoffrey Moore, Notes by Patricia Crick

  

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  Short Description for The Portrait of a LadyWhen Isabel Archer, a young American woman, arrives in Europe, she sees the world as "a place of brightness". She turns aside from suitors who offer her their wealth and devotion to follow her own path. But that way leads to disillusionment and Isabel has to make her final choice.
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  • Publisher: PENGUIN CLASSICS
  • Published: 30 January 2003
  • Format: Paperback 656 pages
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  • Categories: Contemporary Fiction | Classics
  • ISBN 13: 9780141439631 ISBN 10: 0141439637
  • Sales rank: 96,227

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Full description for The Portrait of a Lady

• 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 enjoy the freedom that her fortune has opened up and to determine her own fate, does not hesitate to turn down two eligible suitors. It is only when she finds herself irresistibly drawn to the cultivated but worthless Gilbert Osmond that she discovers that wealth is a two-edged sword and that there is a price to be paid for independence. With its subtle delineation of American characters in a European setting, Portrait of a Lady is one of the most accomplished and popular of Henry James's early novels.