The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 by Henry James

"The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1" by Henry James is a novel first published in 1880-81. It follows Isabel Archer, a spirited young American woman who inherits a fortune and travels to Europe seeking independence. There she encounters marriage proposals, complex expatriates, and ultimately makes a choice that leads to entrapment rather than freedom. The novel explores themes of personal liberty, responsibility, and betrayal as Isabel discovers that wealth and marriage have drawn her into a web of manipulation and unhappiness. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author James, Henry, 1843-1916
Title The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Portrait_of_a_Lady
Credits Produced by Eve Sobol, and David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 71.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Inheritance and succession -- Fiction
Subject Psychological fiction
Subject Love stories
Subject Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
Subject Married women -- Fiction
Subject Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction
Subject Italy -- Fiction
Subject Archer, Isabel (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Subject Americans -- Italy -- Fiction
Category Text
EBook-No. 2833
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Feb 26, 2021
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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