Deze serie duikt in de complexe menselijke psyche en de maatschappelijke beperkingen van een vervlogen tijdperk. Het volgt de reis van een onafhankelijke jonge vrouw die zich een weg baant door een wereld die wordt bepaald door rigide verwachtingen en patriarchale structuren. Door haar ervaringen verkent het verhaal thema's als zelfontdekking, het nastreven van authentieke verbinding en de strijd voor persoonlijke autonomie.
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[Penguin Readers Level 3]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. This edition provides a challenging new introduction and detailed notes; the text is that of the New York Edition and includes Henry James's own Preface.