Portrait of a Lady
The Portrait of a Lady was written by Henry James and first published in 1881. When Isabel Archer, a young American woman with looks, wit, and imagination, arrives in Europe, she sees the world as ''a place of brightness, of free expression, of irresistible action''. She turns aside from suitors who offer her their wealth and devotion to follow her own path. But that way leads to disillusionment a...
The Portrait of a Lady was written by Henry James and first published in 1881. When Isabel Archer, a young American woman with looks, wit, and imagination, arrives in Europe, she sees the world as ''a place of brightness, of free expression, of irresistible action''. She turns aside from suitors who offer her their wealth and devotion to follow her own path. But that way leads to disillusionment a...
