The Portrait of a Lady
by Henry James
Taste attributes: dramaromancerealisticglossyemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipempowerment/personal growthinjustice/tragedy/vengeance
Boxlist takeA realistic novel, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.0 / 5
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About This Book
<p><i>The Portrait of a Lady</i> is widely held to be the outstanding work of <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/henry-james">Henry James’s</a> “early” period, and among the finest novels of his entire career.</p> <p>When the eccentric Mrs. Touchett “takes up” her charming American niece, Isabel Archer, and returns with her to England, her husband and son, the invalid Ralph, are first mystified, then...
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- Henry James
- Published
- 1881
- Pages
- 608
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