by Henry James · Newton Compton · tapa dura · ISBN 9788854174610
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«Ritratto di signora. Ediz. integrale» is the classic novel by Henry James, published by Newton Compton in hardback (537 pages, in Italian).
Isabel, a young American woman yearning for independence, moves between the serenity of English gardens, the intrigues of Florence and the hostile atmosphere of Rome. Along the way, her desire for freedom clashes with social conventions that threaten to trap her.
Work originally published in 1881 as «The Portrait of a Lady»; this edition includes an introduction by Guido Fink and belongs to the I MiniMammut collection (no. 82).
For readers of 19th-century classics interested in female emancipation and the clash between cultures.
Henry James was an American-British author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. He was the son of theologian Henry James Sr. and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James.
