The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 by Henry James

"The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2" by Henry James is a novel first published in 1880-81. This second volume continues the story of spirited Isabel Archer, whose newfound inheritance and European adventures lead her into a disastrous marriage with the egotistical Gilbert Osmond. As Isabel discovers dark secrets about her husband's relationship with Madame Merle and confronts the manipulations that shaped her fate, she must wrestle with questions of freedom, duty, and whether to escape her gilded cage or honor her commitments. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author James, Henry, 1843-1916
Title The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2
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: 81.5 (6th grade). 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
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EBook-No. 2834
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Most Recently Updated Feb 26, 2021
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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