The Portrait of a Lady

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novel

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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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	novel →
adaptation	The Portrait of a Lady (1968 TV series) → The Portrait of a Lady (1996 film) →
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 →
firstPublicationMedium	Macmillan's Magazine → The Atlantic Monthly →
genre	literary realism → novel of manners → psychological fiction →
hasSequel	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 and Company → Macmillan and Co. →
settingLocation	England → Italy → 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 →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Portrait of a Lady ("The Portrait of a Lady (1996 film)") → The Portrait of a Lady ("The Portrait of a Lady (1968 TV series)") →	adaptation
Portrait of Henry James →	depictsNotableWorkAuthor
The Portrait of a Lady ("The Portrait of a Lady: Volume II") →	hasSequel
Henry James →	notableWork