The Portrait of a Lady

The Portrait of a Lady is a novel by Henry James, first published in 1881. It is the story of a young American woman, Isabel Archer, who inherits a large amount of money, which left her to the Machiavellan schemings of two European expatriates. Like many of James' novels, it is set mostly in Europe, notably Italy.

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Novel - Henry James - 1881 - Europe - Italy

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Generally regarded as the masterpiece of James' early phase of writing, this novel is archetypal of James's preoccupation with differences between the New World and the Old.

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New World - Old

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