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The Portrait of a Lady Volume 2

Author
Henry James
Read by
Eloise Fairfax
Language
English
Length
10 hours 38 minutes
ISBN
9781802560725
Published
24 September 2024
Imprint
Urban Romantics
  • independence
  • inheritance
  • manipulation
  • suitors
  • love
  • freedom
  • betrayal
  • self-definition
  • societal expectations
  • personal aspirations

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In Henry James's "The Portrait of a Lady," spirited and independent Isabel Archer journeys from America to Europe, determined to chart her own destiny. Entrusted with a substantial inheritance, she finds herself entangled in a web of manipulative suitors and friends. As Isabel navigates the complexities of love, freedom, and betrayal, her ideals are tested in ways she never imagined. This richly woven narrative examines the conflicts between personal aspirations and societal expectations, highlighting the poignant struggles of self-definition.

Author

Henry James (1843–1916) is among the supreme novelists in English — an American who made Europe his stage and consciousness his subject. In The Portrait of a Lady, The Ambassadors, and The Wings of the Dove he traced Americans abroad through drawing rooms, secrets, and moral choice with unmatched psychological precision. James wrote sentences that think: long, exacting, and alive to every shade of feeling between people.

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