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James, Henry

 
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Synopsis

An American heiress newly arrived in Europe, Isabel Archer does not look to a man to furnish her with her destiny; instead she desires, with grace and courage, to find it herself. Two eligible suitors approach her and are refused. She then becomes utterly captivated by the languid charms of Gilbert Osmond. To him, she represents a superior prize worth at least seventy thousand pounds; through him, she faces a tragic choice.

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À propos de l'auteur

Henry James (1843-1916) was born in New York, but settled in Europe in 1875, spending more than twenty years in London. Many of his novels, including Portrait of a Lady, are concerned with the contrast between American and European character. He wrote some twenty novels including The Europeans, Washington Square, The Bostonians, The Wings of a Dove, The Ambassadors, The American, Ghost Stories and Daisy Miller, all of which are available in Penguin Popular Classics.

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