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Portrait Of A Lady
Paperback Edition: 2012
'Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.' Isabel Archer is a beautiful, intelligent and independent young woman. Brought from America to England by her wealthy Aunt who seeks to further her education and find her niece a husband, Isabel is
determined to shape her own future -- one that does not necessarily entail becoming a wife. Isabel inherits a fortune when her rich uncle dies and feels even more inclined to turn down two eligible suitors on the basis that she is a woman of her own means. However, a trip to Italy heralds her downfall when she meets the charming Gilbert Osmond, a worthless, yet ambitious and scheming dilettante.
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Publisher : Fourth Estate
Publication date : 2012-05-01
Subjects: Fiction, Classics (pre C.1945), Contemporary, Historical Fiction