The Portrait of a Lady

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The Portrait of a Lady is a classic 1881 novel by Henry James that follows the independent-minded Isabel Archer as she confronts the constraints of marriage, freedom, and identity in European society.

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instanceOf novel
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adaptationType film
television series
author Henry James
character Caspar Goodwood
Gilbert Osmond
Isabel Archer
Lord Warburton
Madame Merle
Mrs. Touchett
Pansy Osmond
Ralph Touchett
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstPublicationMedium Macmillan's Magazine
The Atlantic Monthly
genre literary realism
novel of manners
psychological fiction
hasSequel The Portrait of a Lady self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Portrait of a Lady: Volume II
literaryMovement realism
mainCharacter Isabel Archer
narrativePerspective third-person limited
narrativeTechnique free indirect discourse
notableFor complex psychological characterization
exploration of female autonomy
originalLanguage English
partOf Henry James’s major phase of fiction
placeInCanon classic of American literature
major work of Henry James
publicationForm book edition
serialised novel
publicationYear 1881
publisher Houghton Mifflin
surface form: Houghton, Mifflin and Company

Macmillan and Co.
settingLocation England
Italy
United States of America
surface form: United States
theme American versus European culture
freedom and independence
identity and self-knowledge
manipulation and betrayal
marriage and its constraints
timePeriodOfSetting late 19th century

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this entity surface form: The Portrait of a Lady (1968 TV series)
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