About the Book : The Portrait of a Lady
The smart and strong-willed Isabel Archer is brought to Europe by her well-off
aunt Touchett to enter wedlock. Resolved to navigate her own destiny, she
unabashedly turns down two eligible suitors who offer their wealth and devotion
to her. Amongst this, she finds herself irresistibly drawn to a handsome, cruel
charmer.
Renowned as a masterpiece among Jamess early writings, this novel portrays the
stark contrast between naivety and high spirits of the new world and deception
and wisdom of the old. It also profoundly counters the themes of individual
liberty, duty, treachery and sexuality.
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