num_pages: 151
description: Isabel Archer is one of the greatest heroines in all literature -- an American heiress just arrived in Europe, high-spirited, independent, and faced with a tragic choice. The novel considered by many critics to be James's greatest literary achievement.
language: English
title: Henry James' the Portrait of a Lady
titlecomplete: Henry James' the Portrait of a Lady
characters: Gilbert Osmond, Lord Warburton, Edward Rosier, Pansy Osmond, Caspar Goodwood, Ralph Touchett, Isabel Archer, Henrietta Stackpole, Lydia Touchett, Madame Merle
genres: Literature, American, Classics, Novels, Classic Literature, Victorian, 19th Century, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Romance
ratings_count: 79303
places: Italy, England, Florence, Tuscany, Rome
publisher: Pearson College Div