The Portrait Of A Lady
- ISBN-10
- 8174761292
- ISBN-13
- 9788174761293
- Series
- The Portrait of a Lady
- Pages
- 617
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- UBS Publishers' Distributors
- Author
- H. James
Description
The Portrait Of A Lady Has Been Recognized As A Tragic Novel Of The First Order And Isabel Archer As One Of The Most Significant And Appealing Of Heroines. She Represents, In Many Ways, Specifically American Values And Pays The Price For A Specifically American Type Of Mistake. Isabel Archer Aspires To A Life Which Will Transcend, In Freedom And Range Of Experience, That Which European Young Women Of Her Day Were Brought Up To Expect. Her Whole Approach To Life Raises Questions Which, In Her Age, Relate To The Role Of Young Women Everywhere. The Story Of What Happens To Her Has The Scale Of Interest That Belongs To Women In All Ages, And Isabel Could Well Be Described As A Woman For All Seasons. It Is Henry James' Portrayal Of Her Character In Relation To The Background And Environment, Her Pride In Her Independence, Her Romanticism In The Possibilities Of Freedom, And An Insufficient Knowledge Of Life That Make The Portrait Of A Lady A Perennial Classic For All Times.
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