A review by sams84
The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James, Franklin Ross

2.0

This is a much talked about and well known story that is an intriguing read following Isabel Archer as she tries to make her own way through life and to find her own happiness but instead finding herself trapped by duty and the sinister plans of Merie and Osmond. The story is rather good but it gets so lost in the immense amount of detail and description that James felt the need to include. This does make for a very opulent story full of glamour and enchantment but it does also mean that the story often ends up coming second to these descriptions.