This is a classic novel first published in 1881 about dreams that do not come true. Isabel Archer goes to Europe to visit rich relatives. As a rich person she meets many men, but none offers true love. This has much introspection and not much action.
year: 1991, 1987, 1994, 1983, 2007, 2011, 1999, 1979, 1965, 1996, 1995, 1988, 1963, 1951, 1881, 1966
call number/section: 1000
subjects: archer, isabel (fictitious character), fiction, triangles (interpersonal relations), inheritance and succession, fathers and daughters, americans, italy, italy, fiction, europe, domestic relations, england, europe, social life and customs, 19th century, young women, domestic fiction, married people, marriage, fiction, italy, fiction, young women-eur0pe-fiction, americans in europe-fiction, great britain-fiction, james, henry, 1843-1916. portrait of a lady, archer, isabel (ficticious character)
Editions
James, Henry
Knopf (1991)
Presents the text of the novel in which high-spirited American, Isabel Archer, travels to England to find romance, heartbreak, and betrayal.
Schools: 2
James, Henry
(1987)
This is a classic novel first published in 1881 about dreams that do not come true. Isabel Archer goes to Europe to visit rich relatives. As a rich person she meets many men, but none offers true love. This has much introspection and not much action.
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James, Henry
Barnes & Noble (1994)
Schools: 1
James, Henry
Modern Library (1983)
Explores the perilous allure of the older European civilization and its impact on the American character through the person of Isabel Archer.
Schools: 1
James, Henry
Signet Classics (2007)
A high-spirited American girl, Isabel Archer, arrives at the English manor Gardencourt, rouses the passions of several men, and finds herself in an unhappy marriage.
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Arcturus (2011)
When Isabel Archer travels to Europe to realize her full potential, she meets many men who vie for her affections. Isabel's life only takes on its true form after she falls for the schemes of an older woman.
Schools: 1
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Oxford University Press (1999)
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New American Library (1979)
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New American Library (1965)
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Signet Book (1996)
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James, Henry
Signet (1995)
Young American Isabel Archer charms European society, but falls prey to the machinations of a calculating older woman.
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Bantam (1988)
A high-spirited American girl, Isabel Archer, arrives at the English manor, Gardencourt. There she attracts the passions of a British aristocrat, a brash American, and the secret adoration of her invalid cousin.
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James, Henry
High-spirited American, Isabel Archer, travels to England to find romance, heartbreak, and betrayal.
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James, Henry
Signet (1963)
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New American Library (1963)
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Modern Library (1951)
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Washington Square (1963)
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James, Henry
Modern Library (1951)
Tells of the psychological impact of European culture upon an American girl, Isabel Archer, and of her unfortunate marriage.
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Penguin Books (1963)
A character study of an American young woman who is in contact with the sophistication of Europe.
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Random House (1881)
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Modern Library (1966)
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New American Library (1963)
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Modern Library (1951)
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James, Henry
(1951)
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Signet (1963)
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Modern Library (1951)
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James, Henry
(1951)
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Penguin Books (1963)
A character study of an American young woman who is in contact with the sophistication of Europe.
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Modern Library (1966)
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Modern Library (1966)
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James, Henry
Modern Library (1966)
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James, Henry
Modern Library (1966)
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James, Henry
Modern Library (1966)
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James, Henry
Modern Library (1966)
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James, Henry
Modern Library (1966)
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