The Portrait of a Lady (Oxford World's Classics)

The Portrait of a Lady (Oxford World's Classics)

by JohnUpdike (Introduction), HenryJames (Author)

Synopsis

Described by F. R. Leavis as one of the two most brilliant novels in the language, The Portrait of a Lady tells the story of Isabel Archer, young, American, and eager to embrace life, as she makes her choice from the suitors who court her. She is true to her principles, but at what cost?

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 704
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 01 Sep 1999

ISBN 10: 0192100386
ISBN 13: 9780192100382

Author Bio

John Updike has been writing fiction, poetry, and criticism for more than forty years. The author of eighteen novels and several hundred short stories, he has twice won the Pulitzer Prize, for Rabbit Is Rich (1982) and Rabbit at Rest (1991).