The Portrait of a Lady

A spirited young American inherits a fortune and the freedom to choose her own life in Europe, only to find her choices narrowing.

At a glance Henry James crafts a searching study of independence, marriage and self-knowledge. Isabel Archer arrives in Europe convinced that her life is hers to shape, and Henry… The Portrait of a Lady is one of fiction's great examinations of a mind meeting the world. What it's about A bright, idealistic young American woman comes into an unexpected…

A bright, idealistic young American woman comes into an unexpected fortune that seems to guarantee her the liberty she prizes above all.