Author: Henry James
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Release Date: 1882
Book Size: 56.91 MB
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Category : American fiction
Languages : en
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The Portrait Of A Lady

by Henry James, The Portrait Of A Lady Books available in Docs, PDF, EPUB, Mobi, Textbook, Kindle Format. Download The Portrait Of A Lady book, One of the great heroines of American literature, Isabel Archer, journeys to Europe in order to, as Henry James writes in his 1908 Preface, "affront her destiny." James began "The Portrait of a Lady" without a plot or subject, only the slim but provocative notion of a young woman taking control of her fate. The result is a richly imagined study of an American heiress who turns away her suitors in an effort to first establish--and then protect--her independence. But Isabel's pursuit of spiritual freedom collapses when she meets the captivating Gilbert Osmond. "James's formidable powers of observation, his stance as a kind of bachelor recorder of human doings in which he is not involved," writes Hortense Calisher, "make him a first-class documentarian, joining him to that great body of storytellers who amass what formal history cannot."

Author: Khushwant Singh
Publisher: Penguin Books India
Release Date: 2009-01-01
Book Size: 80.61 MB
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Category : Short stories, Indic (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 469
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The Portrait Of A Lady

by Khushwant Singh, The Portrait Of A Lady Books available in Docs, PDF, EPUB, Mobi, Textbook, Kindle Format. Download The Portrait Of A Lady book, 'A Khushwant Singh Short Story Is Not Flamboyant But Modest, Restrained, Well-Crafted&Perhaps His Greatest Gift As A Writer Is A Wonderful Particularity Of Description -London Magazine Khushwant Singh First Established His Reputation As A Writer Through The Short Story. His Stories-Wry, Poignant, Erotic And, Above All, Human-Bear Testimony To Khushwant Singh S Remarkable Range And His Ability To Create An Unforgettable World. Spanning Over Half A Century, This Volume Contains All The Short Stories Khushwant Singh Has Ever Written, Including The Delightfully Tongue-In-Cheek The Maharani Of Chootiapuram , Written In 2008. Khushwant S Stories Enthrall&[He Has]An Ability Akin To That Of Somerset Maugham&The Ability To Entertain Intelligently -India Today His Stories Are Better Than [Those Of] Any Indian Writing In English-Times Of India The Collected Short Stories Leaves The Reader In A Delightful, Inebriated Trance -Sunday Chronicle He Is Not An Ordinary Short Story Writer&[Collected Stories] Is Delightful Reading'-Hindustan Times

Author: Henry James
Publisher:
Release Date: 1936
Book Size: 43.54 MB
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Languages : en
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The Portrait Of A Lady

by Henry James, The Portrait Of A Lady Books available in Docs, PDF, EPUB, Mobi, Textbook, Kindle Format. Download The Portrait Of A Lady book,

Author: Lyall Harris Powers
Publisher: Twayne Pub
Release Date: 1991
Book Size: 44.59 MB
Book Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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The Portrait Of A Lady

by Lyall Harris Powers, The Portrait Of A Lady Books available in Docs, PDF, EPUB, Mobi, Textbook, Kindle Format. Download The Portrait Of A Lady book, In The Portrait of a Lady: Maiden, Woman, and Herione Lyall H. Powers provides an explication of and a tribute to James's masterpiece.

Author: David Kirby
Publisher:
Release Date: 1991
Book Size: 17.29 MB
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Category : Melodrama
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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The Portrait Of A Lady And The Turn Of The Screw

by David Kirby, The Portrait Of A Lady And The Turn Of The Screw Books available in Docs, PDF, EPUB, Mobi, Textbook, Kindle Format. Download The Portrait Of A Lady And The Turn Of The Screw book,

Author: Henry James
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date: 2020-11-14
Book Size: 37.15 MB
Book Format: PDF
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 818
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The Portrait Of A Lady Illustratted

by Henry James, The Portrait Of A Lady Illustratted Books available in Docs, PDF, EPUB, Mobi, Textbook, Kindle Format. Download The Portrait Of A Lady Illustratted book, The Portrait of a Lady is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly and Macmillan's Magazine in 1880-81 and then as a book in 1881. It is one of James's most popular long novels and is regarded by critics as one of his finest.The Portrait of a Lady is the story of a spirited young American woman, Isabel Archer, who, "confronting her destiny", finds it overwhelming. She inherits a large amount of money and subsequently becomes the victim of Machiavellian scheming by two American expatriates.

Author: Intelligent Education
Publisher: Influence Publishers
Release Date: 2020-09-17
Book Size: 62.66 MB
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Languages : en
Pages : 150
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Study Guide To The Portrait Of A Lady By Henry James

by Intelligent Education, Study Guide To The Portrait Of A Lady By Henry James Books available in Docs, PDF, EPUB, Mobi, Textbook, Kindle Format. Download Study Guide To The Portrait Of A Lady By Henry James book, A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Henry James' The Portrait of a Lady, considered by many to be his best work. As a novel of the late-nineteenth-century, it continues to intrigue readers to this day with the differences between the New and the Old World. Moreover, this book dives into the complexities of compromising versus fighting for one's personal freedoms. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of Henry James' classic work, helping students to thoroughly explore the reasons it has stood the literary test of time. Each Bright Notes Study Guide contains: - Introductions to the Author and the Work - Character Summaries - Plot Guides - Section and Chapter Overviews - Test Essay and Study Q&As The Bright Notes Study Guide series offers an in-depth tour of more than 275 classic works of literature, exploring characters, critical commentary, historical background, plots, and themes. This set of study guides encourages readers to dig deeper in their understanding by including essay questions and answers as well as topics for further research.

Author: Sir William Golding
Publisher: Chelsea House Pub
Release Date: 1987
Book Size: 12.17 MB
Book Format: PDF, ePub
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 171
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Henry James S The Portrait Of A Lady

by Sir William Golding, Henry James S The Portrait Of A Lady Books available in Docs, PDF, EPUB, Mobi, Textbook, Kindle Format. Download Henry James S The Portrait Of A Lady book, Brings together the best criticism yet devoted to The Portrait of a Lady--analyzes James's high mode of comedy, explores the Portrait's relation to Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter, examines the thematic changes brought about by James's 1908 revision, and presents an acute and advanced rehetorical analysis of the novel's allegories.

Author: Kathrin Hüttlin
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date: 2010-10
Book Size: 75.75 MB
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Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Relationships In Henry James Portrait Of A Lady

by Kathrin Hüttlin, Relationships In Henry James Portrait Of A Lady Books available in Docs, PDF, EPUB, Mobi, Textbook, Kindle Format. Download Relationships In Henry James Portrait Of A Lady book, Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: 2,0, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, course: Hauptseminar "Henry James," language: English, abstract: In Henry James' realist novel The Portrait of a Lady not love but apparently the international theme is the main topic. The international theme mirrored in the portrait of Isabel Archer and her journey from America to England, to Europe. But if the reader has a closer look to the interpretation of the text, he will find out that James has made his work more complex. The international theme and love are strongly intertwined; both themes, in a way, influence each other. James has established several different relationships between men and women in his work. By close reading, the reader will discover that there is hardly a page in the book which is not filled with aspects of or allusions to romantic or interpersonal conversations or interactions between or about two potential lovers. According to Borchers, Henry James' attitude towards women and towards marriage itself reveals that we may not expect a modern novel about marriage (116). Because Henry James has already abolished the traditional style of matrimonial novel writing which originally ends with the engagement or the marriage of the heroine, Borchers names The Portrait of a Lady the predecessor of the modern novel about marriage matters (116). So, in the novel, not only aspects of traditional marriage structures but also problems and forms of how to avoid the bond of matrimony are discussed. In The Portrait of a Lady, there is hardly a chance for love between men and women to be lived, neither in legitimate relationships, in illegitimate relationships, nor in alternative relationships.

Author: Joel Porte
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date: 1990-01-26
Book Size: 36.28 MB
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 166
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New Essays On The Portrait Of A Lady

by Joel Porte, New Essays On The Portrait Of A Lady Books available in Docs, PDF, EPUB, Mobi, Textbook, Kindle Format. Download New Essays On The Portrait Of A Lady book, The Portrait of a Lady is arguably Henry James' most appealing and accessible novel. The introduction to this volume of specially written essays situates the novel in its cultural and historical context and discusses the important revisions that James later made to the text. The essays that follow address the novel's place in the tradition of modern narrative, its relation to popular women's fiction on the question of marriage, the influence of Henry James' brother William, and the character of the heroine seen from a psychoanalytic point of view.

Author: Laura Jones
Publisher:
Release Date: 1997-01
Book Size: 74.51 MB
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Languages : en
Pages : 161
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The Portrait Of A Lady

by Laura Jones, The Portrait Of A Lady Books available in Docs, PDF, EPUB, Mobi, Textbook, Kindle Format. Download The Portrait Of A Lady book, A screenplay of THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY, published to tie-in with the film version. Introduction by Jane Campion.

Author: Henry James
Publisher: Golgotha Press
Release Date: 2013-11-19
Book Size: 44.37 MB
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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The Portrait Of A Lady Annotated Includes Essay And Biography

by Henry James, The Portrait Of A Lady Annotated Includes Essay And Biography Books available in Docs, PDF, EPUB, Mobi, Textbook, Kindle Format. Download The Portrait Of A Lady Annotated Includes Essay And Biography book, The Portrait of a Lady is a novel about a privileged Victorian woman, Isabel Archer, and how her life evolves due to the choices she makes. Isabel is from a genteel family of Albany, New York who comes of age in the late 1860s. Independent and educated for her time, she had been raised by her father after the early death of her mother. Isabel is very bright and intimidates the young men around her; she has one serious suitor, Caspar Goodwood, a man with very good prospects, whom she spurns.