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• Henry James – The Portrait of a LadyBeautiful, spirited Isabel Archer, an American heiress newly arrived in Europe, is widely expected to quickly marry.
• But Isabel does not look to a man to furnish her with destiny instead she desires, with grace and courage, to find it herself.
• Two eligible suitors are refused in favor of her pursuit of glorious independence.
• But then, Isabel becomes utterly captivated by the languid charms of the cunning Gilbert Osmond.
• To him, she represents a superior prize to be won through him, she faces a tragic choice.A subtle and poignant psychological novel of love and betrayal, The Portrait of a Lady is widely considered to be James’s masterpiece.