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The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James (1881)
Join us as we delve into Henry James's magnificent 1881 novel, The Portrait of a Lady, often hailed as one of the greatest psychological novels in the English language. The story follows the luminous and spirited American heiress, Isabel Archer, who travels to Europe with an insatiable desire for freedom and experience. Armed with a newly inherited fortune, Isabel is determined to shape her own destiny, repeatedly rejecting sensible, devoted suitors in pursuit of an "experiment in living." . Her independence, however, is cunningly exploited by the manipulative American ex-pats, Madame Merle…
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