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This Norton Critical Edition includes:

- The New York Edition of the novel, accompanied by Michael Gorra's introduction and explanatory footnotes.
- Background and contextual materials centering on James as a writer, The Portrait of a Lady in revision, and reviews... Read Full Overview

Henry James's great masterpiece, now in a stunning Penguin clothbound edition designed by the acclaimed Coralie Bickford-Smith.

Regarded by many as Henry James's finest work, and a lucid tragedy exploring the distance between money and happiness, The Portrait of a Lady contains an introduction by Philip Horne in Penguin Classics. When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to... Read Full Overview

Henry James's classic tale of a young, independently minded woman from Albany, New York who unexpectedly comes into great wealth. The consequences of her choices trap her in increasingly conventional circumstances.

When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy aunt Touchett, it is expected that she will soon marry. But Isabel, resolved to enjoy the freedom that her fortune has opened up and to determine her own fate, does not hesitate to turn down... Read Full Overview

Henry James's beloved masterpiece, now in a beautiful hardcover edition featuring James's groundbreaking essay "The Art of Fiction," with a foreword by acclaimed novelist Brandon Taylor

Capturing the grandeur of a gracious, splendid Europe of wealth and Old World sensibilities, this glorious, complex novel has become a touchstone for a great writer's entire literary achievement. From the opening pages, when the high-spirited American girl Isabel Archer arrives... Read Full Overview

Henry James and the Novel culls autobiographical excerpts from James's other writings--his Notebooks , the intentionally autobiographical A Small Boy and Others and Notes of a Son and Brother , and the travel books Italy Revisited , A Roman Holiday , and Roman Rides . Contemporary... Read Full Overview

Henry James and the Novel culls autobiographical excerpts from James's other writings--his Notebooks , the intentionally autobiographical A Small Boy and Others and Notes of a Son and Brother , and the travel books Italy Revisited , A Roman Holiday , and Roman Rides . Contemporary... Read Full Overview

Having travelled from her native New York to London to meet her relatives, Isabel Archer, a young, independently minded young woman, rejects the marriage proposals of two suitors in her determination to stay in control of her destiny. When she suddenly comes into a large legacy,... Read Full Overview