The Portrait of a Lady

Book review by Deane Barker tags: fiction, classic, interpersonal, romance, psychology
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A “novel of manners,” much “Pride and Prejudice.” It’s a long story of the coming of age of an American girl in Europe. Large scope, and gets tedious in the middle – I felt like there were about 100 pages in there when the plot just wasn’t moving at all. There’s a Big Secret towards the end that you kind of see coming, and the ending is frustratingly ambiguous.

Book Data

Author
Henry James
Year
Pages
797
Acquired
Not recorded
Open Library
OL276365W
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