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Title: The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James, Nina Foch ISBN: 1-59007-023-2 Publisher: New Millennium Audio Pub. Date: November, 2001 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 4 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (53 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Top 100 novel
Comment: This novel is certainly in the top 100 ever written. James explores the nuances of thought and emotion in a way that no other writer before or since has mastered. A charming plot, that of young Isabel Archer, an American heiress, off to seek her destiny in Europe, and the romances and troules that befall her. You have to read this book to understand the depth of understanding this writer is able to reach.
Rating: 5
Summary: tragic and beautiful
Comment: I started reading this book slowly and almost gave it up, despite the strong reccomendations from a trusted friend. It's definetely not a light book for the sentences and grammar are difficult sometimes, but of course, proper for the time it was written. But the story is a beautiful one. And it's beautifully told.
People seemed to complain that the book does not have a perfect ending and that the heroine makes terrible mistakes of judgement, but that is what differs a great book from some 'summer-novel' and alikes. It's about real people and real life, and things aren' t always like a hollywood romantic comedy, but nevertheless it leaves you with a precious lesson - and that what a great book is all about.
Characters like Rauph Touchett and Madame Merle will be hard to forget. They were portrayed so beautifully and throughly that sometimes I felt as they were people I actually knew in real life. If you don't find Isabel Archer enough good to love her, then at least take her cousin's perspective and watch her - what she ll make of her life, her youth and her sudden fortune.
A Brillant piece of literature!
Rating: 5
Summary: Higher sense of being
Comment: Magnificient book..takes you to a place where only true art can. Henry James knowledge of the human condition is incredible. His subtlety of thought and ability to express himself in words is trully glorious. What a rare adventure in the world of mind, heart and soul! I love this book.
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Title: The Wings of the Dove (Penguin Classics) by Henry James, John Bayley ISBN: 0140432639 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: June, 1986 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton, Anna Quindlen ISBN: 0451527569 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: February, 2000 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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Title: Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison ISBN: 0679732764 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 14 March, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Ambassadors (Penguin Classics) by Henry James, Harry Levin ISBN: 0140432337 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: March, 1987 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser, Richard Lingeman ISBN: 0451527607 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 10 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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