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In chapter 42 in "The Portrait of a Lady" Isabel introspects her life. Henry James has an intention to rationalise the act of Isabel. She is an epitome of American innocence struggling against European experience. However, the reader is hardly convinced, but the reflections of Isabel as the “central consciousness” to understand herself are honest. Isabel had three suitors, and she makes a wrong choice.
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It is actually the first sentence that hooked me into reading this monumental novel, and the first sentence is usually the most memorable:“Under certain circumstances there are a few hours more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.”
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