March 2015 selection Classic Book Club
wikipedia-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Portrait_of_a_Lady
Read about 400 pages, then skimmed to the end. The Nicole Kidman/John Malkovich film directed by Jane Campion was most helpful.
Nice discussion and the group enjoyed the novel. I liked some of the ideas-
Isabel Archer is given a fortune by her cousin Ralph to keep her from marrying for money, but the quasi-evil Gilbert Osmond marries her for the loot.
The Europeans in the novel were all American expatriates
Isabel spurns a better marriage proposal because she is true to her promise of marriage and feels that her step child needs her more than hypothetical freedom
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