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Author
Series
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
p1998
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Physical Desc
18 discs (22 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Many critics consider "The Portrait of a Lady" Henry James's finest achievement and Isabel Archer one of the greatest heroines in all literature. An American heiress just arrived in Europe, Isabel is high-spirited and independent. Two eligible suitors, an English aristocrat and an aggressive American, both woo her. She refuses them, but finds herself captivated by the chrarms of Gilbert Osmond, a worthless, tyrannical dilettante. "The Portrait...
Author
Series
Library of America volume 13
Publisher
Distributed by Viking Press
Pub. Date
c1983
Physical Desc
1287 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Five novels dramatize the interaction of Americans with more sophisticated Europeans.
Author
Series
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
An International Episode Henry James - Short story about a love affair, by the prolific American-born author and literary critic of the late 19th and early 20th centuries; this book is James' least 'veiled' attempt at analyzing the divide between Britain and the US.
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
c1997
Physical Desc
xxxvi, 508 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In early 20th-century London, Kate Croy is secretly engaged to Merton Denscher, a journalist possessing all the qualities of an ideal husband except money. By chance, Kate befriends American heiress Milly Theale, whom she learns is suffering from a mysterious fatal illness. Kate, who truly cares for Milly, devises a scheme to maximize their combined assets: she encourages Merton to take an interest in Milly, to seduce her, and finally, to marry her....
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