The Portrait of a Lady, 09000th Edition by Henry James - ISBN: 9780199217946
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Freedom’s promise becomes a gilded cage in this psychological drama.

The Portrait of a Lady, 09000th Edition

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  • Paperback

    640 pages

  • Release Date

    8 April 2009

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Summary

‘One ought to choose something very deliberately, and be faithful to that.’

Isabel Archer is a young, intelligent, and spirited American girl, determined to relish her first experience of Europe. She rejects two eligible suitors in her fervent commitment to liberty and independence, declaring that she will never marry. Thanks to the generosity of her devoted cousin Ralph, she is free to make her own choice about her destiny.

Yet in the intoxicating worlds of Paris, Florence, a…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780199217946
ISBN-10:0199217947
Author:Henry James, Roger Luckhurst
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Imprint:Oxford University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:640
Edition:09000th
Release Date:8 April 2009
Weight:440g
Dimensions:195mm x 132mm x 29mm
Series:Oxford World's Classics
About The Author

Henry James

Roger Luckhurst is the author of several books on Victorian literature and culture, and the Gothic and science fiction. He is a regular reviewer and commentator on BBC Radio 4.

For Oxford University Press, his books include:

  • The Invention of Telepathy (2002)
  • The Fin de Siècle: A Reader in Cultural History c. 1880-1900 (2000)

For Oxford World’s Classics, he has edited:

  • Late Victorian Gothic Tales
  • Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

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