At a ball in this novel, the protagonist is surprised to learn that one of her stepdaughter's suitors wishes to talk to her during the cotillion rather than dance with her stepdaughter, prompting her to realize that he is still in love with her.
At a ball in this novel, the protagonist is surprised to learn that one of her stepdaughter's suitors wishes to talk to her during the cotillion rather than dance with her stepdaughter, prompting her to realize that he is still in love with her. The protagonist then promises her stepdaughter's other suitor, Ned Rosier, that she will help him in his courtship of Pansy. The protagonist's cousin Ralph insists that her uncle, Daniel Touchett, leave her an inheritance so that she will not have to marry for money, and it is her desire for independence that leads her to reject both Caspar Goodwood and Lord Warburton, only to become entrapped by Madame Merle and the devious Gilbert Osmond. FTP, name this novel about Isabel Archer, written by Henry James.
At a ball in this novel, the protagonist is surprised to learn that one of her stepdaughter's suitors wishes to talk to her during the cotillion rather than dance with her stepdaughter, prompting her to realize that he is still in love with her.
The {Portrait of a Lady}