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Capturing the grandeur of a gracious, splendid Europe of wealth and Old World sensibilities, this glorious, complex novel has become a touchstone for a great writer's entire literary achievement. From the opening pages, when the high-spirited American girl Isabel Archer arrives at the English manor Gardencourt, James's luminous, superbly crafted prose creates an atmosphere of intensity, expectation, and incomparable beauty. Isabel, who has been taken abroad by an eccentric aunt to fulfill her potential, attracts the passions of a British aristocrat and a brash American, as well as the secret adoration of her invalid cousin, Ralph Touchett. But her vulnerability and innocence lead her not to love but to a fatal entrapment in intrigue, deception, and betrayal. This brilliant interior drama of the forming of a woman's consciousness makes The Portrait of a Lady a masterpiece of James's middle years.From the Paperback edition.
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Fiction, Americans, Inheritance and succession, Triangles (Interpersonal relations), Isabel Archer (Fictitious character), 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, Archer, Isabel (Fictitious character) -- Fiction, Romance Norte Americano, Manners and customs, Film, Fathers and daughters, fiction, Italy, fiction, Man-woman relationships, fiction, Married people, fiction, Archer, isabel (fictitious character), 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, Archer, isabel (fictitious character), Archer, isabel (fictitious character)--fiction, Fathers and daughters--fiction, Married women--fiction, Ps2116 .p6 1995People
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2007, Random House Publishing Group
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The portrait of a lady
1992, Vintage Books/Library of America
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The portrait of a lady
1981, Oxford University Press, Oxford University Press, USA
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Een rijke Amerikaanse jonge vrouw met een sterke drang naar onafhankelijkheid blijft, ondanks alles wat ze in de loop van haar huwelijk over hem te weten komt, haar onbekrompen maar oppervlakkige echtgenoot trouw.
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