by Henry James · Punto de Lectura · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788466303255
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«Retrato de una dama» is the novel by Henry James, published by Punto de Lectura in paperback (928 pages, in Spanish).
Isabel Archer, a young American woman, arrives in Europe with her wealthy aunt after her father's death. Determined to forge her own destiny, she rejects two suitors but is drawn to Gilbert Osmond, a cultured and refined man. Her quest for independence leads to a decision that will mark her life in nineteenth-century European high society.
Work originally published in 1881, with translation by Noemí Sánchez and prologue by José María Guelbenzu.
For readers of nineteenth-century classics and stories featuring women who defy conventions.
Henry James was an American-British author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. He was the son of theologian Henry James Sr. and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James.
