The Portrait of a Lady

Name: The Portrait of a Lady
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4 (14 reviews)
Author: Henry James
ISBN: 9781491586099

Author: Henry James

Narrator: Laural Merlington

Unabridged: 21 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: The Classic Collection

Published: 05/26/2015

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

Civility and society come head to head in Henry James’ seminal work.The heroine of this powerful novel is the spirited young American Isabel Archer. Blessed by nature and fortune, she journeys to Europe to seek her future, but what she finds may prove to be her undoing. She is courted by three men: an English aristocrat, an American gentleman, and a sensitive expatriate. Her invalid cousin becomes her benefactor and adviser.But it is after the ingenuous Isabel falls prey to the schemes of an infinitely more sophisticated older woman that her life takes shape. Rich in character and the interplay of tensions, The Portrait of a Lady is a brilliant, timeless, and essential American novel.This novel is part of Brilliance Audio's extensive Classic Collection, bringing you timeless masterpieces that you and your family are sure to love.

About Henry James

Henry James was born the son of a religious philosopher in New York City in 1843. His famous works include The Portrait of a Lady, Washington Square, Daisy Miller, and The Turn of the Screw. He died in London in 1916, and is buried in the family plot in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Glenn on December 11, 2021

10 Things I Love About Henry James’s The Portrait Of A Lady 1. Isabel Archer The “lady” in the title. Beautiful, young, headstrong and spirited, the American woman visits her wealthy relatives in England, rejects marriage proposals by two worthy suitors, inherits a fortune and then is manipulated into......more

Goodreads review by Paul on October 13, 2012

Ugh, ech, the elitism that breeds in readers! We think we're such nicey cosy bookworms and wouldn't harm a fly but we seethe, we do. Of course, readers of books just naturally look down on those who don't read at all. In fact they try not to think of those people (nine tenths of the human race I sup......more

Goodreads review by Natalia on October 17, 2007

Ugh. If I could describe this book in one word it would be "Laborious." If I were allowed more space, which apparently I am, I would go on to say that in addition to being deathly slow and horrifically boring it is also a little brilliant, a little impressive, and, if you have the patience to look fo......more

Goodreads review by Emily May on May 09, 2020

I'm not sure why it took Henry James 3x as many pages to tell a very similar story here to the one he told in Washington Square. Basically: give a woman her freedom and she will choose poorly.......more