01521cam a2200205 4500 100273228 TxAuBib 20110420120000.0 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 836 LibriVox TxAuBib James, Henry. Portrait of a Lady, The - Vol 1 [LibriVox] / James, Henry. 28 sound files : digital, MP3 or Ogg files. This is an online free audiobook and is compatible in most MP3 and iPod players. The text for this LibriVox audiobook came from public-domain text. The Portrait of a Lady is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly and Macmillan's Magazine in 1880-1881 and then as a book in 1881. It is the story of a spirited young American woman, Isabel Archer, who "affronts her destiny" and finds it overwhelming. She inherits a large amount of money and subsequently becomes the victim of Machiavellian scheming by two American expatriates. Like many of James's novels, it is set mostly in Europe, notably England and Italy. Generally regarded as the masterpiece of his early phase of writing, this novel reflects James's absorbing interest in the differences between the New World and the Old. It also treats in a profound way the themes of personal freedom, responsibility, betrayal, and sexuality. (Summary from Wikipedia.) Electronic audiobooks. LibriVox.org. http://librivox.org/bookfeeds-v2/the-portrait-of-a-lady-vol-1.xml