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The Portrait of a Lady
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Kristen
Lovely writing, interesting characters, but it left me wanting more. I sped through this book mostly because I was fascinated by Isabel Archer's desire for independence during a time when women had very little. I loved that he made Isabel real enough to realize that there was more to life than seeing the world. I was dying to know what she would do, what path she would choose. Maybe I've read too many Russian novels recently, but I wanted her to do something drastic. I found the ending to be qui ...more
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