The Portrait of a Lady: A Novel of an American Heiress
Henry James
Sep 2026 · Aeneas Press
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Complete and unabridged, with 96 full-page plates by Vilhelm Arnesen, Piet Mondrian and Paul Cézanne. A young American woman inherits a fortune she did not ask for and is thereby made free to choose — which is the trap. James thought this his most perfect design: an heiress, three suitors, an expatriate circle in Florence and Rome, and a marriage entered into for the noblest reason and the worst judgment. He revised it heavily in old age, and readers still argue about which version to read. Ninety-six plates of tea taken and tea refused, from Raphaelle Peale's still lifes to scenes of Uji production, give the novel's drawing rooms their ritual and their judgment.
Complete and unabridged, with 96 full-page plates by Vilhelm Arnesen, Piet Mondrian and Paul Cézanne. A young American woman inherits a fortune she did not ask for and is thereby made free to choose — which is the trap. James thought this his most perfect design: an heiress, three suitors, an exp...
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Henry James (1843–1916) was an American-born author who lived and worked in Europe, primarily in England, where he became a British subject in 1915. His body of work includes novels and novellas such as The Portrait of a Lady, The Turn of the Screw, and Daisy Miller, which often examine the complexities of transatlantic cultural encounters and psychological states.
Henry James (1843–1916) was an American-born author who lived and worked in Europe, primarily in England, where he became a British subject in 1915. His body of work includes novels and novellas such as The Portrait of a Lady, The Turn of the Screw, and Daisy Miller, which often examine the compl...
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