{"product_id":"9781593080969","title":"The Portrait of a Lady (Barnes \u0026 Noble Classics Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Portrait of a Lady\u003c\/i\u003e, by \u003cb\u003eHenry James\u003c\/b\u003e, is part of the \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eseries, 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 \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiographies of the authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFootnotes and endnotes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComments by other famous authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStudy questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliographies for further reading \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndices \u0026amp; Glossaries, when appropriate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics \u003c\/i\u003epulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.\u003cp\u003eWidely regarded as \u003cb\u003eHenry James\u003c\/b\u003e’s greatest masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eThe Portrait of a Lady\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichly complex and nearly aesthetically perfect, \u003ci\u003eThe Portrait of a Lady \u003c\/i\u003ebrilliantly portrays the clash between the innocence and exuberance of the New World and the corruption and wisdom of the Old. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGabriel Brownstein\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of a collection of stories—\u003ci\u003eThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Apt 3W\u003c\/i\u003e—which won the 2002 PEN\/Hemingway Award. His essays, reviews, and criticism have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe,\u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eNew Leader,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eScribner’s British Writers, \u003c\/i\u003eand on Nerve.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031183769840,"sku":"9781593080969","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781593080969_p0.jpg?v=1763808405","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781593080969","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}