'One ought to choose something very deliberately, and be faithful to that.' Isabel Archer is a young, intelligent, and spirited American girl, determined to relish her first experience of Europe. She rejects two eligible suitors in her fervent commitment to liberty and independence, declaring that she will never marry. Thanks to the generosity of her devoted cousin Ralph, she is free to make her own choice about her destiny. Yet in the intoxicating worlds of Paris, Florence, and Rome, her fond illusions of self-reliance are twisted by the machinations of her friends and apparent allies. What had seemed to be a vista of infinite promise steadily closes around her and becomes instead a 'house of suffocation'. Considered by many as one of the finest novels in the English language, this is Henry James's most poised achievement, written at the height of his fame in 1881. It is at once a dramatic Victorian tale of betrayal and a wholly modern psychological study of a woman caught in a web of relations she only comes to understand too late. This edition reproduces the revised New York Edition, with James's own Preface. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
孔子说:一个人的好坏可以从周围的人判断得知。但不是所以人都说好和坏。而是周围的好人都喜欢,周围的坏人都讨厌。这种人才是好人。当然坏人就正好相反。而伊莎贝尔就遇上了这样的人,即梅尔夫人和吉尔伯特·奥斯蒙德。她周围较亲近的人都不“喜欢”他们,而他们却受到其他人...
評分世事难料,人心险恶,防不胜防。把自由当成自己“护身符”的伊莎贝尔,最终却使之变成了自己的“枷锁”,不仅落入彀中,还深陷其中放弃了自救。 伊莎贝尔是幸运的,带着对美好生活的向往和自由精神的追求,带着新旧大陆三个男人或深情、或克制、或绅士的爱,还有时刻关注自己情...
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