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The Portrait of a Lady
- Author
- Henry James
- Narrator
- Margaret Melosh
- Publisher
- Musaicum Books
- Publish Date
- 1 June 2019
- Run Time
- 23 hours 47 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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- Author
- Henry James
- Narrator
- Margaret Melosh
- Duration
- 23 hours 47 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 June 2019
- ISBN
- 4057664136220
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Musaicum Books
- Genre
- Romantic suspense, Historical romance
Synopsis
The young and spirited Isabel Archer visits her wealthy relatives in England and rejects marriage proposals by two more or less worthy suitors, inherits a fortune and then is manipulated into marriage to one of the most cruel persons imaginable: Gilbert Osmond...This is just scratching the surface of this huge, monumental work; rich in both its prose, its characters and its numerous themes. A few of the major ones being love, death, personal responsibility, personal identity, freedom, ethics or (lack thereof) and the New world versus the Old world. This story finds new admirers from generation to generation...
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