Track | Chapter | Length | Track | Chapter | Length | |
1 | 01 - Chapter 1 | 24:54 | 31 | 31 - Chapter 31 | 16:33 | |
2 | 02 - Chapter 2 | 14:38 | 32 | 32 - Chapter 32 | 16:35 | |
3 | 03 - Chapter 3 | 20:36 | 33 | 33 - Chapter 33 | 15:39 | |
4 | 04 - Chapter 4 | 16:31 | 34 | 34 - Chapter 34 | 22:37 | |
5 | 05 - Chapter 5 | 29:36 | 35 | 35 - Chapter 35 | 18:49 | |
6 | 06 - Chapter 6 | 22:12 | 36 | 36 - Chapter 36 | 20:36 | |
7 | 07 - Chapter 7 | 22:39 | 37 | 37 - Chapter 37 | 24:55 | |
8 | 08 - Chapter 8 | 14:59 | 38 | 38 - Chapter 38 | 25:17 | |
9 | 09 - Chapter 9 | 15:36 | 39 | 39 - Chapter 39 | 29:21 | |
10 | 10 - Chapter 10 | 27:16 | 40 | 40 - Chapter 40 | 32:25 | |
11 | 11 - Chapter 11 | 15:59 | 41 | 41 - Chapter 41 | 19:09 | |
12 | 12 - Chapter 12 | 26:04 | 42 | 42 - Chapter 42 | 36:02 | |
13 | 13 - Chapter 13 | 31:56 | 43 | 43 - Chapter 43 | 27:04 | |
14 | 14 - Chapter 14 | 22:21 | 44 | 44 - Chapter 44 | 33:25 | |
15 | 15 - Chapter 15 | 34:32 | 45 | 45 - Chapter 45 | 26:07 | |
16 | 16 - Chapter 16 | 28:02 | 46 | 46 - Chapter 46 | 25:19 | |
17 | 17 - Chapter 17 | 16:06 | 47 | 47 - Chapter 47 | 31:39 | |
18 | 18 - Chapter 18 | 36:40 | 48 | 48 - Chapter 48 | 36:49 | |
19 | 19 - Chapter 19 | 48:12 | 49 | 49 - Chapter 49 | 30:24 | |
20 | 20 - Chapter 20 | 31:51 | 50 | 50 - Chapter 50 | 18:16 | |
21 | 21 - Chapter 21 | 16:28 | 51 | 51 - Chapter 51 | 36:08 | |
22 | 22 - Chapter 22 | 43:38 | 52 | 52 - Chapter 52 | 26:01 | |
23 | 23 - Chapter 23 | 21:02 | 53 | 53 - Chapter 53 | 19:39 | |
24 | 24 - Chapter 24 | 32:39 | 54 | 54 - Chapter 54 | 26:23 | |
25 | 25 - Chapter 25 | 13:42 | 55 | 55 - Chapter 55 | 34:55 | |
26 | 26 - Chapter 26 | 31:15 | ||||
27 | 27 - Chapter 27 | 24:57 | ||||
28 | 28 - Chapter 28 | 15:01 | ||||
29 | 29 - Chapter 29 | 21:47 | ||||
30 | 30 - Chapter 30 | 12:55 |
Notes
Running Time: 23 hours 4 minutes
Read by: Elizabeth Klett
Book Coordinator: Elizabeth Klett
Meta Coordinator: Elizabeth Klett
Artwork
Cover: Lady Agnew of Lochnaw 1892-1893, by John Singer Sargent
Inset: Cover of first edition, 1880.
Inset: Henry James, by John Singer Sargent, date unknown.
Portrait of a Young Woman, possibly Simonetta Vespucci, , c. 1840-1845 by Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510).
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The Portrait of a Lady is one of the most popular of Henry James’ novels and considered a masterpiece. Set mainly in Italy and England, its heroine Isabel Archer, a young American heiress, seeks her future among the upper classes in European society. Her maternal aunt, Lydia Touchette, invites Isabel to visit at the family estate near London after the death of her father. Lord Warburton, neighbor to the Touchettes, proposes marriage, as does Caspar Goodwood, heir to a Boston fortune. Her invalid uncle dies and leaves her a portion of his fortune. Savoring independence, she rejects both, and travels the Continent. In Florence she meets and marries American expatriate and widower Gilbert Osmond, a match that proves to be troubled. Isabel bonds with Ormond’s daughter, Pansy, and supports her marriage plans, which conflict with the wishes of her father. Isabel leaves for England to comfort her dying cousin Ralph despite the objections of Ormond. Goodwood again courts her, but she chooses instead to return to Italy. The reader is left to wonder whether she will suffer her tragic marriage or eventually make other plans. The book was first serialized in the Atlantic Monthly in America and Macmillan’s Magazine in England in 1880-1881 before released as a book in 1881. It was acclaimed for its deep analysis of human consciousness and motivation, and did much to raise the awareness of the limited range of options available to Victorian women as they dealt with the lure of freedom and the tug of responsibility.
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Item Info | |
EAN - DVD case | 0683422134593 |
EAN - CD jacket | 0686175924312 |
Media | MP3 CD |
Package | DVD Box |
Author | Henry James (1844 - 1916) |
Recording | |
Read by | Elizabeth Klett |
Length | 23 hours and 4 minutes |
Type of Reading | Solo |
The Portrait of a Lady
- Author: Henry James
- Product Code: DB-1061
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