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'Isabel Archer was a young person of many theories; her imagination was remarkably active...she had a fixed determination to regard the world as a place of brightness, of free expansion, of irresistible action: she held it must be detestable to be afraid or ashamed.' The Portrait of a Lady (1881) was described by F. R. Leavis as one of the two most brilliant novels in the language (the other being James's The Bostonians). Isabel Archer, young, American, and eager to embrace life, makes her choice from the suitors who court her as she explores Europe. She is true to her principles, but at what cost? John Updike has been writing fiction, poetry, and criticism for more than forty years. The author of eighteen novels and several hundred short stories, he has twice won the Pulitzer Prize, for Rabbit Is Rich (1982) and Rabbit at Rest (1991).
About the Author
John Updike has been writing fiction, poetry, and criticism for more than forty years. The author of eighteen novels and several hundred short stories, he has twice won the Pulitzer Prize, for Rabbit Is Rich (1982) and Rabbit at Rest (1991).
