York Notes on "The Portrait of a Lady" by Henry James

by A. Norman Jeffares, S. Bushrui

Isabel Archer is one of the greatest heroines in all literature -- an American heiress just arrived in Europe, high-spirited, independent, and faced with a tragic choice. The novel considered by many critics to be James's greatest literary achievement.

80 pages, Paperback

First published August 3, 1981

About the author

Alexander Norman "Derry" Jeffares was an Irish literary scholar.