The Portrait of a Lady

Can an Independent Woman Escape Her Destiny?

“’I always want to know the things one shouldn't do.’ ‘So as to do them?’ asked her aunt. ‘So as to choose.’ said Isabel” - Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

After the death of her father, Isabel Archer, a young American lady with many hopes and dreams decides to visit her aunt in England. Isabel wants to be independent and rejects the marriage proposals of two wealthy men. Her cousin wants to help her so he convinces his father on his deathbed to leave much of the estate to Isabel. Can the Lady finally fulfill her dreams?

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Fecha de lanzamiento

eBook: 28 de septiembre de 2015