by Henry James · SALAMANDRA EDICIONES · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788478882946
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«Retrato de una dama» is the novel by Henry James, published by Salamandra Ediciones in paperback (544 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows Isabel Archer, a young American woman who receives an inheritance and travels to Europe to live independently. Along the way she confronts expectations of marriage and a society full of appearances, while deciding how much of her freedom she is willing to give up. Henry James thus portrays female psychology and the clash between America and Europe.
Published in 1997; the original work, The Portrait of a Lady, appeared in 1881.
For readers of classic and nineteenth-century fiction who appreciate complex female characters and social criticism.
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.
