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Download or read book The Portrait of a Lady written by Henry James and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-18 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the morrow, in the evening, Lord Warburton went again to see his friends at their hotel, and at this establishment he learned that they had gone to the opera. He drove to the opera with the idea of paying them a visit in their box after the easy Italian fashion; and when he had obtained his admittance--it was one of the secondary theatres--looked about the large, bare, ill-lighted house. An act had just terminated and he was at liberty to pursue his quest. After scanning two or three tiers of boxes he perceived in one of the largest of these receptacles a lady whom he easily recognised. Miss Archer was seated facing the stage and partly screened by the curtain of the box; and beside her, leaning back in his chair, was Mr. Gilbert Osmond. They appeared to have the place to themselves, and Warburton supposed their companions had taken advantage of the recess to enjoy the relative coolness of the lobby. He stood a while with his eyes on the interesting pair; he asked himself if he should go up and interrupt the harmony. At last he judged that Isabel had seen him, and this accident determined him. There should be no marked holding off. He took his way to the upper regions and on the staircase met Ralph Touchett slowly descending, his hat at the inclination of ennui and his hands where they usually were.

Download or read book The Portrait of A Lady Volume 2 written by Henry James and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enter the captivating world of "The Portrait of a Lady, Volume 2" by Henry James, a timeless classic that continues the compelling story of Isabel Archer as she navigates the complexities of love, freedom, and destiny. Join Isabel on her journey of self-discovery and moral awakening as she grapples with the challenges of society, relationships, and personal fulfillment. Follow Isabel Archer as she embarks on a journey of introspection and exploration, seeking to define her own path in a world governed by convention and expectation. Volume 2 of Henry James' masterpiece delves deeper into Isabel's character, unraveling the intricacies of her relationships with the enigmatic Gilbert Osmond, the steadfast Ralph Touchett, and the mysterious Madame Merle. Throughout "The Portrait of a Lady, Volume 2," readers will encounter a rich tapestry of characters and relationships, each with their own desires, ambitions, and secrets. James' masterful prose and keen psychological insight bring the characters to life, inviting readers to empathize with their struggles and triumphs as they navigate the complexities of love, betrayal, and self-discovery. The overall tone and mood of "The Portrait of a Lady, Volume 2" are one of introspection, intrigue, and emotional resonance, as James explores the depths of human nature and the complexities of the human heart. With its richly drawn characters, evocative settings, and thought-provoking themes, this novel offers a compelling and immersive reading experience. While critical reception may vary, one thing remains clear: "The Portrait of a Lady" is hailed as one of Henry James' greatest achievements, beloved by readers and critics alike for its timeless themes, intricate plotting, and richly drawn characters. Volume 2 continues the legacy of the original work, offering a deeper exploration of Isabel Archer's character and the world she inhabits. As you delve into the pages of "The Portrait of a Lady, Volume 2" by Henry James, you'll find yourself captivated by the beauty and complexity of James' prose, and the timeless relevance of Isabel Archer's journey. Whether you're a fan of classic literature or simply seeking a richly rewarding reading experience, this novel is sure to leave a lasting impression. Don't miss your chance to continue Isabel Archer's journey of self-discovery and moral awakening with "The Portrait of a Lady, Volume 2" by Henry James. Let James' masterful storytelling and profound insights into the human condition inspire and enlighten you as you explore the complexities of love, freedom, and destiny.

Download or read book The Portrait of a Lady written by Henry James and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-30 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the morrow, in the evening, Lord Warburton went again to see his friends at theirhotel, and at this establishment he learned that they had gone to the opera. He drove to theopera with the idea of paying them a visit in their box after the easy Italian fashion; andwhen he had obtained his admittance-it was one of the secondary theatres-looked aboutthe large, bare, ill-lighted house. An act had just terminated and he was at liberty to pursuehis quest. After scanning two or three tiers of boxes he perceived in one of the largest ofthese receptacles a lady whom he easily recognised. Miss Archer was seated facing thestage and partly screened by the curtain of the box; and beside her, leaning back in hischair, was Mr. Gilbert Osmond. They appeared to have the place to themselves, andWarburton supposed their companions had taken advantage of the recess to enjoy therelative coolness of the lobby. He stood a while with his eyes on the interesting pair; heasked himself if he should go up and interrupt the harmony. At last he judged that Isabelhad seen him, and this accident determined him. There should be no marked holding off. Hetook his way to the upper regions and on the staircase met Ralph Touchett slowlydescending, his hat at the inclination of ennui and his hands where they usually were."I saw you below a moment since and was going down to you. I feel lonely and wantcompany," was Ralph's greeting.

Download or read book The Portrait of a Lady written by Henry James and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-06 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the morrow, in the evening, Lord Warburton went again to see his friends at theirhotel, and at this establishment he learned that they had gone to the opera. He drove to theopera with the idea of paying them a visit in their box after the easy Italian fashion; andwhen he had obtained his admittance-it was one of the secondary theatres-looked aboutthe large, bare, ill-lighted house. An act had just terminated and he was at liberty to pursuehis quest. After scanning two or three tiers of boxes he perceived in one of the largest ofthese receptacles a lady whom he easily recognised. Miss Archer was seated facing thestage and partly screened by the curtain of the box; and beside her, leaning back in hischair, was Mr. Gilbert Osmond. They appeared to have the place to themselves, andWarburton supposed their companions had taken advantage of the recess to enjoy therelative coolness of the lobby. He stood a while with his eyes on the interesting pair; heasked himself if he should go up and interrupt the harmony. At last he judged that Isabelhad seen him, and this accident determined him. There should be no marked holding off. Hetook his way to the upper regions and on the staircase met Ralph Touchett slowlydescending, his hat at the inclination of ennui and his hands where they usually were."I saw you below a moment since and was going down to you. I feel lonely and wantcompany," was Ralph's greeting."You've some that's very good which you've yet deserted.""Do you mean my cousin? Oh, she has a visitor and doesn't want me. Then Miss Stackpoleand Bantling have gone out to a cafe to eat an ice-Miss Stackpole delights in an ice. I didn'tthink they wanted me either. The opera's very bad; the women look like laundresses andsing like peacocks. I feel very low.""You had better go home," Lord Warburton said without affectation."And leave my young lady in this sad place? Ah no, I must watch over her.""She seems to have plenty of friends.""Yes, that's why I must watch," said Ralph with the same large mock-melancholy."If she doesn't want you it's probable she doesn't want me.""No, you're different. Go to the box and stay there while I walk about."

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Download or read book The Portrait of a Lady Vol 1 written by Henry James and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-12-03 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: That is to me, artistically speaking, the circumstance of interest; for I have lost myself once more, I confess, in the curiosity of analysing the structure. By what process of logical accretion was this slight "personality," the mere slim shade of an intelligent but presumptuous girl, to find itself endowed with the high attributes of a Subject?--and indeed by what thinness, at the best, would such a subject not be vitiated? Millions of presumptuous girls, intelligent or not intelligent, daily affront their destiny, and what is it open to their destiny to be, at the most, that we should make an ado about it? The novel is of its very nature an "ado," an ado about something, and the larger the form it takes the greater of course the ado. Therefore, consciously, that was what one was in for--for positively organising an ado about Isabel Archer.

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Download or read book The Portrait of a Lady Volume 2 written by Henry James and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-12-02 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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, in "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. Like many of James's novels, it is set in Europe, mostly England and Italy. Generally regarded as the masterpiece of James's early period, this novel reflects James's continuing interest in the differences between the New World and the Old, often to the detriment of the former. It also treats in a profound way the themes of personal freedom, responsibility, and betraya.Plot summaryIsabel Archer, originally from Albany, New York, is invited by her maternal aunt, Lydia Touchett, to visit Lydia's rich husband, Daniel, at his estate near London, following the death of Isabel's father. There, Isabel meets her uncle, her friendly invalid cousin Ralph Touchett, and the Touchetts' robust neighbour, Lord Warburton.Isabel later declines Warburton's sudden proposal of marriage. She also rejects the hand of Caspar Goodwood, the charismatic son and heir of a wealthy Boston mill owner. Although Isabel is drawn to Caspar, her commitment to her independence precludes such a marriage, which she feels would demand the sacrifice of her freedom.The elder Touchett grows ill and, at the request of his son, Ralph, leaves much of his estate to Isabel upon his death. With her large legacy, Isabel travels the Continent and meets an American expatriate, Gilbert Osmond, in Florence. Although Isabel had previously rejected both Warburton and Goodwood, she accepts Osmond's proposal of marriage, unaware that it has been actively promoted by the accomplished but untrustworthy Madame Merle, another American expatriate, whom Isabel had met at the Touchetts' estate.Isabel and Osmond settle in Rome, but their marriage rapidly sours due to Osmond's overwhelming egotism and lack of genuine affection for his wife. Isabel grows fond of Pansy, Osmond's presumed daughter by his first marriage, and wants to grant her wish to marry Edward Rosier, a young art collector.The snobbish Osmond would prefer that Pansy accept the proposal of Warburton, who had previously proposed to Isabel. Isabel suspects, however, that Warburton may just be feigning interest in Pansy to get close to Isabel again, and the conflict creates even more strain within the unhappy marriage.Isabel then learns that Ralph is dying at his estate in England and prepares to go to him for his final hours, but Osmond selfishly opposes this plan. Meanwhile, Isabel learns from her sister-in-law that Pansy is actually the daughter of Madame Merle, who had had an adulterous relationship with Osmond for several years.Isabel pays a final visit to Pansy, who desperately begs her to return someday, which Isabel reluctantly promises to do. She then leaves, without telling her spiteful husband, to comfort the dying Ralph in England, where she remains until his death.Goodwood encounters her at Ralph's estate, and begs her to leave Osmond and come away with him. He passionately embraces and kisses her, but Isabel flees. Goodwood seeks her out the next day but is told she has set off again for Rome.The ending is ambiguous, and the reader is left to imagine whether Isabel returned to Osmond to suffer out her marriage in noble tragedy (perhaps for Pansy's sake), or she is going to rescue Pansy and leave Osmond... Henry James, OM (15 April 1843 - 28 February 1916) was an American-British author regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language.

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Download or read book The Portrait of a Lady Volume 1 written by Henry James and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-07 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Portrait of a Lady Volume 1 By Henry James When Isabel Archer, a young American woman with looks, wit, and imagination, arrives in Europe, she sees the world as 'a place of brightness, of free expression, of irresistible action'. She turns aside from suitors who offer her their wealth and devotion to follow her own path. But that way leads to disillusionment and a future as constricted as 'a dark narrow alley with a dead wall at the end'. In a conclusion that is one of the most moving in modern fiction, Isabel makes her final choice. The Portrait of a Lady is the masterpiece of James's middle period, and Isabel is perhaps his most engaging central character. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

Download or read book Mrs Osmond written by John Banville and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2018-10-09 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea continues the story of Isabel Archer, the young protagonist of Henry James’s beloved The Portrait of a Lady—in this masterful novel of betrayal, corruption, and moral ambiguity. Eager but naïve, in James’s novel Isabel comes into a large, unforeseen inheritance and marries the charming, penniless, and—as Isabel finds out too late—cruel and deceitful Gilbert Osmond. Here Banville imagines Isabel’s second chapter telling the story of a woman reawakened by grief and the knowledge that she has been grievously wronged, and determined to resume her quest for freedom and independence.

Download or read book The Portrait of a Lady Volume 2 written by Henry Henry James and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-24 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About The Portrait of a Lady - Volume 2 by Henry James 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 in "affronting her destiny", finds it overwhelming. She inherits a large amount of money and subsequently becomes the victim of Machiavellian scheming by two American expatriates. Like many of James's novels, it is set in Europe, mostly England and Italy. Generally regarded as the masterpiece of James's early period, this novel reflects James's continuing interest in the differences between the New World and the Old, often to the detriment of the former. It also treats in a profound way the themes of personal freedom, responsibility, and betrayal.

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