The Portrait of a Lady - Henry James

The Portrait of a Lady

(Autor)

Geoffrey Moore (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover
656 Seiten
2003
Penguin Classics (Verlag)
978-0-14-143963-1 (ISBN)
9,95 inkl. MwSt
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When Isabel Archer, a young American woman, arrives in Europe, she sees the world as "a place of brightness". She turns aside from suitors who offer her their wealth and devotion to follow her own path. But that way leads to disillusionment and Isabel has to make her final choice.
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 the freedom that her fortune has opened up and to determine her own fate, does not hesitate to turn down two eligible suitors. It is only when she finds herself irresistibly drawn to the cultivated but worthless Gilbert Osmond that she discovers that wealth is a two-edged sword and that there is a price to be paid for independence. With its subtle delineation of American characters in a European setting, Portrait of a Lady is one of the most accomplished and popular of Henry James's early novels.

Born in New York of Irish and Scottish ancestry and educated in New York, London and Paris, Henry James is best known for his cosmopolitan and often haunting portraits of European and American life. He was also a prolific writer of literary criticism and shorter fiction. James settled in England in 1876, where he spent most of the rest of his life and completed his best-known work. Geoffrey Moore was General Editor for the works of Henry James in Penguin Patricia Crick teaches Modern Languages

Erscheint lt. Verlag 30.1.2003
Reihe/Serie Penguin Classics
Einführung Geoffrey Moore
Mitarbeit Anmerkungen: Patricia Crick
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Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 129 x 198 mm
Gewicht 447 g
Themenwelt Literatur Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
Literatur Zweisprachige Ausgaben Deutsch / Englisch
ISBN-10 0-14-143963-7 / 0141439637
ISBN-13 978-0-14-143963-1 / 9780141439631
Zustand Neuware
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