Paperback, 635 pages Published 1881 Barnes & Noble Classics Series (2004) Introduction by: Gabriel Brownstein The Portrait of a Lady features one of the authorβs most magnificent heroines: Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American who becomes a victim of her provincialism during her travels
The Portrait of a Lady
β Scribed by Henry James
- Publisher
- Barnes & Noble Classics;Barnes & Nobile Classics
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 789 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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