Portrait of a Lady : Introduction by Peter Washington by Henry James (1991, Hardcover)
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Portrait of a Lady, Hardcover by James, Henry, ISBN 0679405623, ISBN-13 9780679405627, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Tells of the psychological impact of European culture upon an American girl, Isabel Archer, and of her unfortunate marriage
Reviews" The Portrait of a Lady is entirely successful in giving one the sense of having met somebody far too radiantly good for this world."- Rebecca West, " The Portrait of a Lady is entirely successful in giving one the sense of having met somebody far too radiantly good for this world."- Rebecca West From the Trade Paperback edition., "The Portrait of a Ladyis entirely successful in giving one the sense of having met somebody far too radiantly good for this world."-Rebecca West From the Trade Paperback edition.
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SynopsisIsabel Archer, a beautiful, intelligent, and headstrong American girl newly endowed with wealth and embarked in Europe on a treacherous journey to self-knowledge, is delineated with a magnificence that is at once casual and tense with force and insight. The characters with whom she is entangled--the good man and the evil one, between whom she wavers, and the mysterious witchlike woman with whom she must do battle--are each rendered with a virtuosity that suggests dazzling imaginative powers. And the scene painting--in England and Italy--provides a continuous visual pleasure while always remaining crucial to the larger drama. The Portrait of a Lady is the most stunning achievement of Henry James's early period--in the 1860s and '70s when he was transforming himself from a talented young American into a resident of Europe, a citizen of the world, and one of the greatest novelists of modern times. A kind of delight at the success of this transformation informs every page of this masterpiece.