The Portrait of a Lady , by Henry James , is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics :
All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influencesbiographical, historical, and literaryto enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. 0in 0in 0pt">Widely regarded as Henry James ’s greatest masterpiece, The Portrait of a Lady features one of the author’s most magnificent heroines: Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American who becomes a victim of her provincialism during her travels in Europe.
As the story begins, Isabel, resolved to determine her own fate, has turned down two eligible suitors. Her cousin, who is dying of tuberculosis, secretly gives her an inheritance so that she can remain independent and fulfill a grand destiny, but the fortune only leads her to make a tragic choice and marry Gilbert osmond, an American expatriate who lives in Florence. outwardly charming and cultivated, but fundamentally cold and cruel, osmond only brings heartbreak and ruin to Isabel’s life. Yet she survives as she begins to realize that true freedom means living with her choices and their consequences.
Richly complex and nearly aesthetically perfect, The Portrait of a Lady brilliantly portrays the clash between the innocence and exuberance of the New World and the corruption and wisdom of the old.
Gabriel Brownstein is the author of a collection of stories The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Apt 3W which won the 2002 PEN/Hemingway Award. His essays, reviews, and criticism have appeared in the Boston Globe, the New Leader, Scribner’s British Writers, and on Nerve.com.
看完了书,把坎皮恩的同名电影找出来重看了一遍,有趣的是导演在处理女主角和奥斯蒙德的恋情上突出了性的吸引,后者将女儿抱在腿上,手指抚摸女儿的手背给了女主很大的刺激,这是个很好玩的视角,因为原著给我的感觉完全是反的,不远万里随君行的美国追求者反而最有男子气概,...
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评分已经把书还了,但是所有情节都在我脑海里恣意伸展。第一次发现,用心去读一本心理描写丰富的外国小说是如此惬意如此涤荡心灵的历程。亨利詹姆斯爱用大段的景物烘托,爱花大量笔墨去勾勒人物内心活动,爱置身事外评论他笔下的人物……这些都是从前见了外国作品就绕道而行...
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评分讀的第一本亨利詹姆斯,他以前是我的小說盲點,慚愧。這本在看到書之前老早有真人形象在腦中了……都怪我們電視臺動不動就播一遍簡康萍導的電影版,這些年來瞄到過四五遍不止,雖然每次都是缺頭少尾、看到哪裡是哪裡的。結果有一次總算看到了女主角的美國追求者,咦,像Viggo,...
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