The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James

The story centres on Isabel Archer, an attractive American whom circumstances have brought to Europe. Isabel refuses the offer of marriage to an English peer and to a bulldog-like New Englander, to fall victim to a worthless and spiteful man, who marries her for her fortune and ruins her life.

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1. - 2nd on D. G. Myers’ 50 Greatest English Language Novels (D. G. Myers)
2. - 4th on The Greatest 20th Century Novels (Waterstone)
3. - 4th on The Telegraph’s 100 Novels Everyone Should Read (Telegraph)
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	Name	Binding	Sales Rank	Lowest New	Lowest Used	Published
	Portrait of a Lady, The	Hardcover	1085543		$4.04
	Portrait of a Lady	Mass Market Paperback	2709635	$5.99
	The Portrait of a Lady (Collector's Library)	Hardcover	486464	$5.91	$3.94	2011
	The Portrait of a Lady	Audible Audio Edition	8611	$16.95		2010
	Portrait of a Lady (LARGE PRINT Edition)	Hardcover	2536371	$76.64	$5.36	1994
	The Portrait of a Lady	Kindle Edition	21763	$0.99		2013
	The Portrait of a Lady (Modern Library Classics)	Paperback	342110	$4.29	$0.01	2002
	The Portrait of a Lady Screenplay	Paperback	3700725	$3.95	$0.01	1996
	Portrait of a Lady (Penguin Popular Classics)	Paperback	2042785	$22.95	$0.01	2002
	The Portrait of a Lady (The Classic Collection)	Audio CD	2579371	$27.03	$7.63	2006
	Portrait of a Lady	Paperback	4314256	$1.49	$0.01	1996
	The Portrait of a Lady (Oxford World's Classics)	Paperback	3653454	$4.79	$0.92	2008
	The Portrait of a Lady (Scribner Reprint Editions)	Hardcover	3815639	$3,999.00	$27.18
	World Classics Library: Henry James: The Portrait of a Lady, The Turn of the Screw, Washington Square (Arcturus World Classics Library, 7)	Hardcover	1277110	$19.99		2021
	The Portrait of a Lady (Dover Thrift Editions)	Paperback	690434	$0.51	$0.01	2006
	Henry James : Novels 1881-1886: Washington Square, The Portrait Of A Lady, The Bostonians	Paperback	1978471	$15.96		2020
	The Portrait of a Lady	Hardcover	2653968		$18.00
	The Portrait of a Lady (New Riverside Editions)	Paperback	1662696	$2.94	$3.48	2001
	The Portrait of a Lady (The Cambridge Edition of the Complete Fiction of Henry James)	Hardcover	3869321	$125.12	$99.96	2016
	The Portrait of a Lady	Kindle Edition	264588	$0.99		2012
	The Portrait of a Lady	Audio CD	2352336	$25.89	$19.95
	The Portrait of a Lady	Paperback	870886	$11.39		2014
	The Portrait of a Lady	Audio CD	716999	$18.03	$25.28	2015
	The Portrait of a Lady (Konemann Classics)	Hardcover	3721315	$29.93	$0.65
	The Portrait of a Lady	Paperback	543787	$7.95	$28.48	2018
	The Portrait of a Lady	Paperback	1605456	$5.10	$0.48	2008
	The Portrait of a Lady (Illustrated)	Kindle Edition	139209	$1.99		2014
	The Portrait of a Lady	Kindle Edition	98615	$1.98		2014
	The Portrait of a Lady (Mint Editions (Literary Fiction))	Kindle Edition	583414	$3.79		2020
	The Portrait of a Lady : Volume 1(Annotated)	Kindle Edition	704601	$2.99		2021
	The Portrait of a Lady (Dramatised)	Audible Audio Edition	90528	$3.95		2010
	The Portrait of a Lady	Paperback	2225358	$6.43	$8.29	2012
	The Portrait of a Lady (Penguin English Library)	Kindle Edition	1003009	$5.70		2012
	The Portrait of a Lady	Audible Audio Edition	6595	$20.20		2015
	The Portrait of a Lady	Mass Market Paperback	5024039	$0.89	$0.01	1996
	The Portrait of a Lady	Kindle Edition	192853	$1.99		2014
	THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY (Annotated)	Kindle Edition	244408			2014
	The Portrait of a Lady	Mass Market Paperback	3362198	$2.60	$0.01	1995
	The Portrait of a Lady Volume 1	Paperback	914267	$11.39	$13.99	2013
	The Portrait of a Lady - Volume 1	Paperback	855902	$9.49	$3.99	2010
	The Portrait of a Lady Volume 1	Hardcover	3371141	$29.76	$47.57	2008
	The Portrait of a Lady (Oxford World's Classics)	Paperback	2626132	$1.83	$0.01	1998
	Portrait of a Lady (Highbridge Classics)	Audio CD	10075186	$7.50	$7.50	1995
	The Portrait of a Lady (The Cambridge Edition of the Complete Fiction of Henry James Book 7)	Kindle Edition	1115918	$112.00		2016
	The Portrait of a Lady	Kindle Edition	369970			2017
	The Portrait of a Lady	Audible Audio Edition	112474	$11.95		2009
	Portrait of a Lady	Audible Audio Edition	171468	$6.95		2012
	The Portrait of a Lady Volume 2	Paperback	1844694	$11.39		2013
	The Portrait of a Lady	Paperback	3801100	$5.09	$6.83	2009
	The Portrait of a Lady (Dream Classics)	Kindle Edition	105743			2017
	The Portrait of a Lady	Paperback	215281	$10.29		2017
	The Portrait of a Lady	Audible Audio Edition	15599	$36.74		2016
	The Portrait of a Lady: New and Beautiful Edition of the Classic Novel in 1881.Large Print	Paperback	969455	$15.86	$14.67	2021
	The portrait of a Lady	Paperback	132918	$8.99		2017
	The Portrait Of A Lady: (Annotated)	Kindle Edition	253412			2017
	The Portrait of a Lady (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)	Hardcover	1791321	$39.95		2021
	The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James Collection)	Kindle Edition	384874			2018
	The Portrait of a Lady	Audio CD	2437158	$66.91	$51.51	2008
	The Portrait of a Lady (Everyman's Library)	Hardcover	4410645	$14.74	$8.23	1991
	The Portrait of a Lady	Mass Market Paperback	7827659	$53.62	$0.01	1963
	The Portrait of a Lady - Volume 2	Paperback	3942989	$12.99	$3.66	2010
	The Portrait of a Lady (Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels)	Kindle Edition	679503	$5.00		2012
	The Portrait of a Lady - Volume 2	Kindle Edition	2358488			2014
	The Portrait of a Lady Volume 2	Hardcover	9028622	$29.75	$36.29	2008
	The Portrait of a Lady Volume 2	Paperback	14035733	$18.55	$31.22	2007
	The Portrait of a Lady	Paperback	99399	$8.49		2018
	The Portrait of a Lady	Paperback	767437	$14.95		2018
	The Portrait of a Lady (SparkNotes Literature Guide) (SparkNotes Literature Guide Series)	Kindle Edition	171965			2014
	The Portrait of a Lady: Volume I	Paperback	1248938	$6.54		2017
	The Portrait of a Lady	Paperback	2818943	$13.71	$13.53	2007
	The Portrait of a Lady - Volume 1: By Henry James - Illustrated	Kindle Edition	3134691			2016
	The Portrait of a Lady	Hardcover	12534259		$0.86
	The Portrait of a Lady	Paperback	3518785	$5.44	$0.01	1966
	The Portrait of a Lady (Oxford World's Classics Hardcovers)	Hardcover	820168	$20.94	$0.78	1999
	The Portrait of a Lady (Oxford World's Classics)	Paperback	199856	$8.75	$5.08	2009
	The Portrait of a Lady Henry James illustrated	Kindle Edition	479963	$3.99		2022
	Portrait of a Lady (Wordsworth Classics) (Wadsworth Collection)	Paperback	3161923	$0.99	$0.01	1997
	The Portrait of a Lady (Barnes & Noble Classics)	Paperback	1767834	$0.05	$0.01	2004
	The Portrait of a Lady (Classic Fiction)	Audio CD	6943030	$2,290.93	$14.95
	The Portrait of a Lady (Collins Classics)	Kindle Edition	472320			2012
	The Portrait of a Lady: Library Edition	Audio CD	5943511	$28.32	$19.99
	The Portrait of a Lady:Classic Original Edition By Henry James(Annotated)	Kindle Edition	581208	$2.99		2022
	The Portrait of a Lady (The Unabridged Edition): From the famous author of the realism movement, known for The Turn of The Screw, The Wings of the Dove, ... The Ambassadors, What Maisie Knew…	Kindle Edition	295751			2017
	The Portrait of a Lady	Kindle Edition	136130	$0.99		2011
	The Portrait of a Lady	Mass Market Paperback	1049914	$1.85	$0.01	1983
	The Portrait of a Lady (Everyman's Library)	Hardcover	394692	$11.38	$1.45	1991
	The Portrait of a Lady:Classic Original Edition By Henry James(Annotated)	Kindle Edition	530695	$3.99		2022
	The Portrait of a Lady Henry James illustrated	Kindle Edition	554750	$3.99		2022
	The Portrait of a Lady (Norton Critical Editions)	Paperback	239541	$16.16	$2.02	1995
	The Portrait of a Lady (Penguin Classics)	Kindle Edition	38771	$0.99		2003
	The Portrait of a Lady (Cambridge World Classics) Critical Edition With Complete Unabridged Novel and Special Kindle PerfectLink (TM) Technology (Annotated) (Complete Works of Henry James Book 4)	Kindle Edition	414089	$0.99		2011
	The Portrait of a Lady: The 1908 New York Edition of Henry James’s Beloved Literary Masterpiece (Annotated)	Paperback	1076750	$14.99		2022
	The Portrait of a Lady Complete Illustrated and Unabridged Edition	Paperback	1307965	$28.99		2022
	Retrato de una dama [The Portrait of a Lady]	Audible Audiobook	198381	$19.84		2023
	Henry James Classics Collection: The Portrait of a Lady, Daisy Miller, The Turn of the Screw, The Golden Bowl	Paperback	2465870	$27.99		2020
	The Portrait of a Lady (Start Publishing)	Kindle Edition	378009			2013
	The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James illustrated Annotated Version	Kindle Edition	378017			2020
	The Portrait of a Lady	Paperback	615303	$14.99	$20.99	2020
	THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY by henry james	Paperback	715360	$7.99		2023
	Portrait of a Lady: An Authoritative Text, Henry James and the Novel, Reviews and Criticism (A Norton Critical Edition)	Hardcover	2616993	$60.42	$3.94
	The Portrait of a Lady (Dover Thrift Editions)	Kindle Edition	1329176			2006
	The Portrait of a Lady	Kindle Edition	229655	$3.75		2007
	Portrait of a Lady, The (MAXNotes Literature Guides)	Paperback	621525	$1.77	$2.00	1996
	The Portrait of a Lady (Penguin Classics)	Paperback	90245	$9.99	$0.69
	The Portrait of a Lady (Clothbound Classics)	Hardcover	270770	$21.32		2014
	The Portrait of a Lady:Classic Original Edition By Henry James(Annotated)	Kindle Edition	620805	$2.99		2022
	The Portrait of a Lady	Kindle Edition	677074	$3.99		2022
	The Portrait of a Lady (Penguin Classics)	Paperback	1980749	$3.14	$0.01	1984
	The Portrait Of A Lady (AudioBook)	Audio CD	7501327	$7.99	$4.73
	The Portrait of a Lady	Kindle Edition	4789427	$3.99		2022
	The Portrait of a Lady Illustrated	Kindle Edition	608971	$2.99		2022
	The Portrait of a Lady: An Authoritative Text, Henry James and the Novel, Review	Paperback	4627301		$0.01
	The Portrait of a Lady:Classic Original Edition By Henry James(Annotated)	Kindle Edition	388249	$2.89		2022
	THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY (illustrated 1908 edition, complete, and unabridged)	Kindle Edition	330962	$0.99		2013
	The Portrait of a Lady (with an Introduction by Charles R. Anderson)	Kindle Edition	462743	$6.75		2018
	The Portrait of a Lady	Hardcover	3127600		$6.75
	The Portrait of A Lady (Signet Classics)	Kindle Edition	258264	$1.99		2007
	The Portrait of a Lady (Oxford World's Classics)	Kindle Edition	174130	$6.99		2009
	The Portrait of a Lady (World Classics)	Kindle Edition	589645	$4.99		2013
	The Portrait of a Lady	Paperback	8747642	$10.95	$18.88	2007
	The Portrait of a Lady (Tantor Unabridged Classics)	Audio CD	433266	$31.24	$64.40	2008
	The Portrait of a Lady (Illustrated)	Kindle Edition	225449			2017
	The Portrait of a Lady	Kindle Edition	1737590	$14.39		2000
	The Portrait of a Lady: Library Edition	Audio CD	9586030	$81.90	$641.81
	The Portrait of a Lady Complete Illustrated and Unabridged Edition	Kindle Edition	728610	$2.99		2022
	The Portrait of a Lady	Kindle Edition	476708	$0.99		2009
	The Portrait of a Lady (Signet Classics)	Mass Market Paperback	65715	$4.67	$1.91	2007
	The Portrait of a Lady (Barnes & Noble Classics)	Hardcover	4514769	$0.01	$0.01
	The Portrait of a Lady (Penguin Classics)	Paperback	137518	$9.00	$2.90	2011
	The Portrait of a Lady (Signet classics)	Mass Market Paperback	10046404		$0.01	1963