Intelligent, beautiful and vivacious, Isabel Archer fascinates and intimidates the elite society of Albany, New York. Fiercely protective of her independence, she travels to England with her aunt to escape a persistent suitor but, upon inheriting a considerable fortune, falls into the sway of the devious Mrs Merle who whisks her off to Italy. There she is seduced by the narcissistic Gilbert Osmond, an art collector who will stop at nothing to possess her, and whose connection to Mrs Merle is shrouded in mystery. Widely accepted as Henry James' great masterpiece, The Portrait of a Lady is a poi Reading & Training: The Portrait of a Lady + CD - Henry James od authora Henry James a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus.cz Publikace: Black Cat Reading & Training Step Five B2.2: the Portrait of a Lady + Audio Cd - JAMES, H.. Isabel Archer – a young American woman – visits her uncle and his family in England. Her uncle dies and leaves her a large fortune. Isabel was always beautiful and charming: now, in addition, she is rich. The question is, whom will she marry? The English nobleman Lord Warburton? Her American suitor Casper Goodwood? Or the refined and sophisticated Gilbert Osmond, an American art collector living in Italy? Publikace: Black Cat Reading & Training Step Five B2.2: the Portrait of a Lady + Audio Cd - JAMES, H..