Portrait of a Lady

The heroine of this novel is the spirited young American Isabel Archer. Blessed by nature and fortune, she journeys to Europe to seek the full realization of her potential - or in modern terms, 'to find herself' - but what awaits her there may prove to be her undoing. During her journey, wooers vie for her attentions, including an English aristocrat, a perfect American gentleman, and a sensitive expatriate. But it is only after the ingenue falls prey to the schemes of an infinitely sophisticated older woman that her life takes on its true form.Eroina acestui roman este tanara americana insufletita Isabel Archer. Binecuvantata de natura si noroc, ea calatoreste in Europa pentru a cauta realizarea deplina a potentialului sau - sau in termeni moderni, ,,sa se regaseasca" - dar ceea ce o asteapta acolo se poate dovedi a fi distrugerea ei. In timpul calatoriei ei, pretentii lupta pentru atentia ei, inclusiv un aristocrat englez, un domn american perfect si un expatriat sensibil. Dar numai dupa ce ingeniozitat