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The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James

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Author Biography

Name: Henry James
Birth Date: April 15, 1843
Death Date: February 28, 1916
Place of Birth: New York, New York, United States
Place of Death: London, England
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: author

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Biography of Henry James
1106 words, approx. 3.7 pages
The American author Henry James (1843-1916) was one of the major novelists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His works deal largely with the impact of Europe and its society on Americans. Henry James, the son of a theologian and the brother of t...
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Biography of Henry James
19287 words, approx. 64.3 pages
The first important fact in the life of Henry James is the wealth of his paternal grandfather, the Irish immigrant William James (1771-1832), who, when he died in Albany, New York, left a fortune of $3 million (based on salt, tobacco, real estate, and pu...
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Biography of Henry James
16638 words, approx. 55.5 pages
The first important fact in the life of Henry James is the wealth of his paternal grandfather, the Irish immigrant William James (1771-1832), who, when he died in Albany, New York, left a fortune of $3 million (based on salt, tobacco, real estate, and pu...
 


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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The Portrait of a Lady Information
1,657 words, approx. 6 pages
The Portrait of a Lady is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly and Macmillan's Magazine in 1880-1881 and then as a book in 1881. It is the story of a spirited young American woman, Isabel Archer, who "affronts her...


News and Journals
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The Boston Herald
Portrait of a lady.
03/27/1998: 1,079 words, approx. 4 pages
It is Thanksgiving Day, 1860. Abraham Lincoln has been elected president and civil war threatens the nation. Out West, the Pony Express is 8 months old. In Boston, a 9-year-old girl begins a diary she will keep for the next 52 years. The...
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The Washington Post
Portrait of A Lady
09/11/1994: 1,060 words, approx. 4 pages
WISHING ON THE MOON The Life and Times of Billie Holiday By Donald Clarke Viking. 468 pp. $24.95 THAT BILLIE HOLIDAY was one of the most significant and influential figures in American popular music should require no elaboration. Though admirers...
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The New York Observer
Whatcha Readin'?: Summer Flings
8/7/2005: 3,608 words, approx. 12 pages
Back when summer actually meant a few months of relaxing and down time to New Yorkers, one of the most treasured rituals was the weekly trip to the neighborhood bookstore, to choose a new book (or stack of books) to keep one company at the...
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The New York Observer
Summer Flings
8/7/2005: 3,608 words, approx. 12 pages
Back when summer actually meant a few months of relaxing and down time to New Yorkers, one of the most treasured rituals was the weekly trip to the neighborhood bookstore, to choose a new book (or stack of books) to keep one company at the...


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Kurt Hochenauer
3,054 words, approx. 10 pages
In the following essay, Hochenauer emphasizes Isabel Archer's sexually passionate and emotionally inhibited sides and the implications of this dual nature in Henry James's novel The Portrait of a Lady.
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Essay Grade: 83%
Relationships in Portrait of a Lady
1,022 words, approx. 3 pages
T.S Eliot's `Portrait of a Lady' focuses on a man who has a detached relationship with an older women. `Portrait of a lady' details the mans inaction, apathy and disconnection towards this lady who he has lost all former connections with. The man is depicted as a self-conscious, almost philosophical character who feels he must part from this lady, but does not dare acting so.


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