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When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy aunt Touchett, it is expected that she will soon marry. But Isabel, resolved to enjoy her freedom, does not hesitate to turn down two eligible suitors. Then she finds herself irresistibly drawn to Gilbert Osmond.Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100141441267
ISBN-139780141441269
eBay Product ID (ePID)108543368
Product Key Features
Book TitlePortrait of a Lady
Number of Pages768 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicClassics
Publication Year2011
GenreFiction
AuthorHenry James
FormatUK-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight18.6 oz.
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Pagination768
Edited byPhilip Horne
Author BiographyHenry James was born in 1843 in Washington Place, New York, of Scottish and Irish ancestry. In addition to many short stories, plays, books of criticism, autobiography and travel, he wrote some twenty novels, the first published being Roderick Hudson (1875). They include The Europeans, Washington Square, The Portrait of a Lady, The Bostonians, The Princess Casamassima, The Tragic Muse, The Spoils of Poynton, The Awkward Age, The Wings of the Dove, The Ambassadors and The Golden Bowl.Philip Horne is Professor of English at University College London.