Portrait of a Lady - Volume 1

“The Portrait of a Lady” is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly and Macmillan''s Magazine in 1880–81 and then as a book in 1881. It is one of James''s most popular long novels, and is regarded by critics as one of his finest. The Portrait of a Lady is the story of a spirited young American woman, Isabel Archer, who in "affronting her destiny", finds it overw...