"The Portrait of a Lady" tells the compelling and ultimately tragic tale of a beautiful young American woman's encounter with European sophistication. Set principally in England and Italy, the story follows Isabel Archer's fortunes as a variety of admirers vie for her hand. Her choice will be crucial, and she is not wanting for advice, whether from the generous-spirited Ralph Touchett or the charming Madame Merle.
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The Portrait of a Lady
by Henry James
Length: 26:47 h
Published: 08-10-16
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The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
by Nbc Theater
Length: 0:53 h
Published: 2010-04-01
Tracks:
08:57 The Portrait of a Lady 08:24 His companion, measuring the length of the lawn… 09:29 'Well, I suppose it was his own,'… 07:40 Chapter 2 07:39 'Before that,' said Miss Archer. 11:09 Chapter 3 11:47 It was in the 'office' still that Isabel was sitting… 10:39 Chapter 4 08:01 Her father had a large way of looking at life… 12:17 Chapter 5 09:58 Mrs. Touchett was prompt. 10:22 His mother had told him that he must satisfy his… 07:21 Chapter 6 11:10 It was one of her theories that Isabel Archer… 07:21 'The books?' he once said; 'well, I don't know…' 10:36 Chapter 7 08:38 These were nice questions, but Isabel's arrival… 06:33 The fortunate Lord Warburton exchanged… 09:33 Chapter 8 08:27 In the afternoon she spent an hour… 07:01 Chapter 9 09:32 When Lord Warburton showed her the house… 09:38 Chapter 10 09:33 Miss Stackpole showed every disposition to wait… 06:29 'I seldom spend it so agreeably.' 05:42 'I've not conceived a passion for your friend,'… 08:31 Chapter 11 09:13 'It was a pleasure to me, and I liked the way…' 09:48 Chapter 12 09:42 'One's right in such a matter is not measured…' 10:32 'I remember his making the remark.' 10:37 Chapter 13 07:34 He was the son of a proprietor of well-known… 06:31 While the author of this missive… 07:44 Ralph was much puzzled by this appeal… 07:26 These last words of Miss Stackpole's… 09:32 Chapter 14 07:47 'It was the only way, Lord Warburton,' said the girl. 09:28 Lord Warburton's sister addressed him… 10:44 Chapter 15 08:45 The incident that had preceded Isabel's departure… 07:47 Mr. Bantling promised to do his best… 07:49 'I don't believe he has any now,' said the girl. 04:16 To this she made no direct reply… 07:49 Chapter 16 09:33 'I disgust you very much,' said Caspar… 07:26 He might be pardoned if for an instant… 07:20 This attitude was part of a system, a theory… 08:17 Chapter 17 09:54 Isabel learned from her the next morning… 10:29 Chapter 18 10:07 Madame Merle glanced at Isabel… 07:30 'No, my boy,' said Mr. Touchett… 08:17 Ralph had foreseen what his father… 09:40 'Isabel's poor then. My mother tells me that she…' 11:20 Chapter 19 11:00 I may not count over all the links in the chain… 08:08 'If I didn't already like her very much…' 08:43 'However, you know him better than I, though…' 10:04 Madame Merle took a sheet of music… 07:33 By way of answer Isabel kissed her… 10:08 Chapter 20 12:45 Mrs. Touchett had no purpose of awaiting… 12:52 He took a great interest in Isabel… 09:45 Chapter 21 08:12 She looked at him as if she had not heard him… 08:39 Chapter 22 05:27 The child turned her head earnestly to one side… 09:54 He watched the lady from the convent… 07:56 The child fixed him an instant… 07:51 'Exactly; but yourself includes so many other…' 08:57 In the manner and tone of these two persons… 11:51 Chapter 23 13:02 A rebuke might possibly have been irritating… 09:21 Chapter 24 07:27 'You'll be tired when you go home…' 11:58 While Isabel's host exerted himself to entertain… 10:55 There were two other rooms, beyond the one… 07:47 Chapter 25 08:17 Pansy reflected a moment, turning gravely… 11:11 Chapter 26 08:32 All this went on quite over Isabel's head… 08:27 Had not Mr. Osmond remarked that…? 09:18 Mr. Bantling was to go with her to Rome… 10:08 Chapter 27 11:15 At last there was a silence… 08:27 In the church, as she strolled over its tessellated… 08:54 Volume 2: Chapter 28 08:22 Isabel considered him with interest. 11:35 Chapter 29 13:27 Isabel was not struck with the oddity… 03:57 Chapter 30 11:40 As Isabel drove, in the publicity of an open… 08:03 Chapter 31 11:31 Our young lady's courage, however… 08:39 Chapter 32 10:40 'Is it a marriage your friends won't like?' 09:32 Chapter 33 08:07 Two days afterward Ralph arrived… 07:51 Chapter 34 09:18 She raised her eyes and gave him a wide… 09:39 At these words a sudden passion… 11:40 Chapter 35 10:26 He brought Pansy with him two or three times… 12:39 Chapter 36 11:29 'I esteem a dot very much. I can do without it…' 09:20 Chapter 37 09:03 This was enough for Edward Rosier… 11:00 The other rooms meanwhile had become… 10:49 Chapter 38 09:21 'I remember that myself,' said Osmond. 09:47 Isabel had many questions to ask about Ralph… 10:20 Chapter 39 08:20 Ralph, as I say, had wished to see for himself… 08:12 For Gilbert Osmond Ralph had not now that… 07:28 These two were gentlemen of a race which is not… 09:58 Chapter 40 09:12 Madame Merle, in fact, had come back before… 08:51 On the day I speak of they had been driven out… 08:57 It's easy to displease you. Don't you see how wise… 08:19 Chapter 41 07:01 It was surprising for a variety of reasons… 07:09 'Yes; but a lover outside's always a lover.' 11:26 Chapter 42 08:54 Ah, she had been immensely under the charm! 10:36 She could live it over again, the incredulous… 07:45 She was morally certain now that this feeling… 11:37 Chapter 43 10:03 Isabel turned away; Pansy was about to be… 08:30 'Sixteen hundred pounds? Ah, but that's very…' 11:27 Chapter 44 09:13 The Countess threw herself hastily backward… 07:55 Henrietta got up; these seemed to her, naturally… 08:55 Caspar Goodwood frowned a little… 09:18 Chapter 45 10:28 'It will come from him, rather. I seem to see that…' 10:22 'I advise you then to pay the greatest respect…' 09:50 Chapter 46 09:18 If there was anything awkward in the conditions… 10:00 When he had left the room she expected… 08:06 Chapter 47 08:32 Henrietta Stackpole, it may well be imagined… 08:03 'You're certainly not fortunate in your intimates…' 11:13 Caspar Goodwood came at last to Palazzo… 10:26 Chapter 48 10:59 'I can't do that. I shall never make another…' 10:44 'I have said that Osmond was in good humour…' 10:15 Goodwood had meant to go away early… 11:01 Chapter 49 10:08 Madame Merle had proceeded very deliberately… 07:10 Her compassion would perhaps have been… 07:28 Madame Merle's self-possession tended on… 11:13 Chapter 50 10:48 About a week after this lady's quick sympathies… 10:20 Chapter 51 08:21 He spoke gravely and almost gently… 10:35 Isabel went to her room, where she walked… 06:32 She spoke as one troubled and puzzled… 08:05 'I don't call Madame Merle a success, you know.' 09:48 Chapter 52 10:51 Isabel saw it all as distinctly as if it had been… 10:07 Isabel said nothing for a minute; her heart beat… 11:17 Chapter 53 10:49 Even in the crowded, noisy station… 10:39 Chapter 54 08:25 Mrs. Touchett was silent; then she gave a sharp… 10:55 'I was not waiting for your death; I was waiting…' 09:39 Chapter 55 07:48 'Some of them are extremely peculiar,' 07:34 There was an interrogation in this… 08:20 She couldn't have told you whether it was… 05:51 Isabel gave a long murmur, like a creature in pain… ▶ Listen now for free (provided by Spotify Free)
The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
by NBC Theater
Length: 0:53 h
Published: 2010-04-01
Tracks:
08:57 The Portrait of a Lady 08:24 His companion, measuring the length of the lawn… 09:29 'Well, I suppose it was his own,'… 07:40 Chapter 2 07:39 'Before that,' said Miss Archer. 11:09 Chapter 3 11:47 It was in the 'office' still that Isabel was sitting… 10:39 Chapter 4 08:01 Her father had a large way of looking at life… 12:17 Chapter 5 09:58 Mrs. Touchett was prompt. 10:22 His mother had told him that he must satisfy his… 07:21 Chapter 6 11:10 It was one of her theories that Isabel Archer… 07:21 'The books?' he once said; 'well, I don't know…' 10:36 Chapter 7 08:38 These were nice questions, but Isabel's arrival… 06:33 The fortunate Lord Warburton exchanged… 09:33 Chapter 8 08:27 In the afternoon she spent an hour… 07:01 Chapter 9 09:32 When Lord Warburton showed her the house… 09:38 Chapter 10 09:33 Miss Stackpole showed every disposition to wait… 06:29 'I seldom spend it so agreeably.' 05:42 'I've not conceived a passion for your friend,'… 08:31 Chapter 11 09:13 'It was a pleasure to me, and I liked the way…' 09:48 Chapter 12 09:42 'One's right in such a matter is not measured…' 10:32 'I remember his making the remark.' 10:37 Chapter 13 07:34 He was the son of a proprietor of well-known… 06:31 While the author of this missive… 07:44 Ralph was much puzzled by this appeal… 07:26 These last words of Miss Stackpole's… 09:32 Chapter 14 07:47 'It was the only way, Lord Warburton,' said the girl. 09:28 Lord Warburton's sister addressed him… 10:44 Chapter 15 08:45 The incident that had preceded Isabel's departure… 07:47 Mr. Bantling promised to do his best… 07:49 'I don't believe he has any now,' said the girl. 04:16 To this she made no direct reply… 07:49 Chapter 16 09:33 'I disgust you very much,' said Caspar… 07:26 He might be pardoned if for an instant… 07:20 This attitude was part of a system, a theory… 08:17 Chapter 17 09:54 Isabel learned from her the next morning… 10:29 Chapter 18 10:07 Madame Merle glanced at Isabel… 07:30 'No, my boy,' said Mr. Touchett… 08:17 Ralph had foreseen what his father… 09:40 'Isabel's poor then. My mother tells me that she…' 11:20 Chapter 19 11:00 I may not count over all the links in the chain… 08:08 'If I didn't already like her very much…' 08:43 'However, you know him better than I, though…' 10:04 Madame Merle took a sheet of music… 07:33 By way of answer Isabel kissed her… 10:08 Chapter 20 12:45 Mrs. Touchett had no purpose of awaiting… 12:52 He took a great interest in Isabel… 09:45 Chapter 21 08:12 She looked at him as if she had not heard him… 08:39 Chapter 22 05:27 The child turned her head earnestly to one side… 09:54 He watched the lady from the convent… 07:56 The child fixed him an instant… 07:51 'Exactly; but yourself includes so many other…' 08:57 In the manner and tone of these two persons… 11:51 Chapter 23 13:02 A rebuke might possibly have been irritating… 09:21 Chapter 24 07:27 'You'll be tired when you go home…' 11:58 While Isabel's host exerted himself to entertain… 10:55 There were two other rooms, beyond the one… 07:47 Chapter 25 08:17 Pansy reflected a moment, turning gravely… 11:11 Chapter 26 08:32 All this went on quite over Isabel's head… 08:27 Had not Mr. Osmond remarked that…? 09:18 Mr. Bantling was to go with her to Rome… 10:08 Chapter 27 11:15 At last there was a silence… 08:27 In the church, as she strolled over its tessellated… 08:54 Volume 2: Chapter 28 08:22 Isabel considered him with interest. 11:35 Chapter 29 13:27 Isabel was not struck with the oddity… 03:57 Chapter 30 11:40 As Isabel drove, in the publicity of an open… 08:03 Chapter 31 11:31 Our young lady's courage, however… 08:39 Chapter 32 10:40 'Is it a marriage your friends won't like?' 09:32 Chapter 33 08:07 Two days afterward Ralph arrived… 07:51 Chapter 34 09:18 She raised her eyes and gave him a wide… 09:39 At these words a sudden passion… 11:40 Chapter 35 10:26 He brought Pansy with him two or three times… 12:39 Chapter 36 11:29 'I esteem a dot very much. I can do without it…' 09:20 Chapter 37 09:03 This was enough for Edward Rosier… 11:00 The other rooms meanwhile had become… 10:49 Chapter 38 09:21 'I remember that myself,' said Osmond. 09:47 Isabel had many questions to ask about Ralph… 10:20 Chapter 39 08:20 Ralph, as I say, had wished to see for himself… 08:12 For Gilbert Osmond Ralph had not now that… 07:28 These two were gentlemen of a race which is not… 09:58 Chapter 40 09:12 Madame Merle, in fact, had come back before… 08:51 On the day I speak of they had been driven out… 08:57 It's easy to displease you. Don't you see how wise… 08:19 Chapter 41 07:01 It was surprising for a variety of reasons… 07:09 'Yes; but a lover outside's always a lover.' 11:26 Chapter 42 08:54 Ah, she had been immensely under the charm! 10:36 She could live it over again, the incredulous… 07:45 She was morally certain now that this feeling… 11:37 Chapter 43 10:03 Isabel turned away; Pansy was about to be… 08:30 'Sixteen hundred pounds? Ah, but that's very…' 11:27 Chapter 44 09:13 The Countess threw herself hastily backward… 07:55 Henrietta got up; these seemed to her, naturally… 08:55 Caspar Goodwood frowned a little… 09:18 Chapter 45 10:28 'It will come from him, rather. I seem to see that…' 10:22 'I advise you then to pay the greatest respect…' 09:50 Chapter 46 09:18 If there was anything awkward in the conditions… 10:00 When he had left the room she expected… 08:06 Chapter 47 08:32 Henrietta Stackpole, it may well be imagined… 08:03 'You're certainly not fortunate in your intimates…' 11:13 Caspar Goodwood came at last to Palazzo… 10:26 Chapter 48 10:59 'I can't do that. I shall never make another…' 10:44 'I have said that Osmond was in good humour…' 10:15 Goodwood had meant to go away early… 11:01 Chapter 49 10:08 Madame Merle had proceeded very deliberately… 07:10 Her compassion would perhaps have been… 07:28 Madame Merle's self-possession tended on… 11:13 Chapter 50 10:48 About a week after this lady's quick sympathies… 10:20 Chapter 51 08:21 He spoke gravely and almost gently… 10:35 Isabel went to her room, where she walked… 06:32 She spoke as one troubled and puzzled… 08:05 'I don't call Madame Merle a success, you know.' 09:48 Chapter 52 10:51 Isabel saw it all as distinctly as if it had been… 10:07 Isabel said nothing for a minute; her heart beat… 11:17 Chapter 53 10:49 Even in the crowded, noisy station… 10:39 Chapter 54 08:25 Mrs. Touchett was silent; then she gave a sharp… 10:55 'I was not waiting for your death; I was waiting…' 09:39 Chapter 55 07:48 'Some of them are extremely peculiar,' 07:34 There was an interrogation in this… 08:20 She couldn't have told you whether it was… 05:51 Isabel gave a long murmur, like a creature in pain… ▶ Listen now for free (provided by Deezer Gratis)
The Portrait of a Lady (Unabridged)
by Juliet Stevenson
Length: 26:39 h
Published: 2016-07-01
Tracks:
08:57 The Portrait of a Lady 08:24 His companion, measuring the length of the lawn… 09:29 'Well, I suppose it was his own,'… 07:40 Chapter 2 07:39 'Before that,' said Miss Archer. 11:09 Chapter 3 11:47 It was in the 'office' still that Isabel was sitting… 10:39 Chapter 4 08:01 Her father had a large way of looking at life… 12:17 Chapter 5 09:58 Mrs. Touchett was prompt. 10:22 His mother had told him that he must satisfy his… 07:21 Chapter 6 11:10 It was one of her theories that Isabel Archer… 07:21 'The books?' he once said; 'well, I don't know…' 10:36 Chapter 7 08:38 These were nice questions, but Isabel's arrival… 06:33 The fortunate Lord Warburton exchanged… 09:33 Chapter 8 08:27 In the afternoon she spent an hour… 07:01 Chapter 9 09:32 When Lord Warburton showed her the house… 09:38 Chapter 10 09:33 Miss Stackpole showed every disposition to wait… 06:29 'I seldom spend it so agreeably.' 05:42 'I've not conceived a passion for your friend,'… 08:31 Chapter 11 09:13 'It was a pleasure to me, and I liked the way…' 09:48 Chapter 12 09:42 'One's right in such a matter is not measured…' 10:32 'I remember his making the remark.' 10:37 Chapter 13 07:34 He was the son of a proprietor of well-known… 06:31 While the author of this missive… 07:44 Ralph was much puzzled by this appeal… 07:26 These last words of Miss Stackpole's… 09:32 Chapter 14 07:47 'It was the only way, Lord Warburton,' said the girl. 09:28 Lord Warburton's sister addressed him… 10:44 Chapter 15 08:45 The incident that had preceded Isabel's departure… 07:47 Mr. Bantling promised to do his best… 07:49 'I don't believe he has any now,' said the girl. 04:16 To this she made no direct reply… 07:49 Chapter 16 09:33 'I disgust you very much,' said Caspar… 07:26 He might be pardoned if for an instant… 07:20 This attitude was part of a system, a theory… 08:17 Chapter 17 09:54 Isabel learned from her the next morning… 10:29 Chapter 18 10:07 Madame Merle glanced at Isabel… 07:30 'No, my boy,' said Mr. Touchett… 08:17 Ralph had foreseen what his father… 09:40 'Isabel's poor then. My mother tells me that she…' 11:20 Chapter 19 11:00 I may not count over all the links in the chain… 08:08 'If I didn't already like her very much…' 08:43 'However, you know him better than I, though…' 10:04 Madame Merle took a sheet of music… 07:33 By way of answer Isabel kissed her… 10:08 Chapter 20 12:45 Mrs. Touchett had no purpose of awaiting… 12:52 He took a great interest in Isabel… 09:45 Chapter 21 08:12 She looked at him as if she had not heard him… 08:39 Chapter 22 05:27 The child turned her head earnestly to one side… 09:54 He watched the lady from the convent… 07:56 The child fixed him an instant… 07:51 'Exactly; but yourself includes so many other…' 08:57 In the manner and tone of these two persons… 11:51 Chapter 23 13:02 A rebuke might possibly have been irritating… 09:21 Chapter 24 07:27 'You'll be tired when you go home…' 11:58 While Isabel's host exerted himself to entertain… 10:55 There were two other rooms, beyond the one… 07:47 Chapter 25 08:17 Pansy reflected a moment, turning gravely… 11:11 Chapter 26 08:32 All this went on quite over Isabel's head… 08:27 Had not Mr. Osmond remarked that…? 09:18 Mr. Bantling was to go with her to Rome… 10:08 Chapter 27 11:15 At last there was a silence… 08:27 In the church, as she strolled over its tessellated… 08:54 Volume 2: Chapter 28 08:22 Isabel considered him with interest. 11:35 Chapter 29 13:27 Isabel was not struck with the oddity… 03:57 Chapter 30 11:40 As Isabel drove, in the publicity of an open… 08:03 Chapter 31 11:31 Our young lady's courage, however… 08:39 Chapter 32 10:40 'Is it a marriage your friends won't like?' 09:32 Chapter 33 08:07 Two days afterward Ralph arrived… 07:51 Chapter 34 09:18 She raised her eyes and gave him a wide… 09:39 At these words a sudden passion… 11:40 Chapter 35 10:26 He brought Pansy with him two or three times… 12:39 Chapter 36 11:29 'I esteem a dot very much. I can do without it…' 09:20 Chapter 37 09:03 This was enough for Edward Rosier… 11:00 The other rooms meanwhile had become… 10:49 Chapter 38 09:21 'I remember that myself,' said Osmond. 09:47 Isabel had many questions to ask about Ralph… 10:20 Chapter 39 08:20 Ralph, as I say, had wished to see for himself… 08:12 For Gilbert Osmond Ralph had not now that… 07:28 These two were gentlemen of a race which is not… 09:58 Chapter 40 09:12 Madame Merle, in fact, had come back before… 08:51 On the day I speak of they had been driven out… 08:57 It's easy to displease you. Don't you see how wise… 08:19 Chapter 41 07:01 It was surprising for a variety of reasons… 07:09 'Yes; but a lover outside's always a lover.' 11:26 Chapter 42 08:54 Ah, she had been immensely under the charm! 10:36 She could live it over again, the incredulous… 07:45 She was morally certain now that this feeling… 11:37 Chapter 43 10:03 Isabel turned away; Pansy was about to be… 08:30 'Sixteen hundred pounds? Ah, but that's very…' 11:27 Chapter 44 09:13 The Countess threw herself hastily backward… 07:55 Henrietta got up; these seemed to her, naturally… 08:55 Caspar Goodwood frowned a little… 09:18 Chapter 45 10:28 'It will come from him, rather. I seem to see that…' 10:22 'I advise you then to pay the greatest respect…' 09:50 Chapter 46 09:18 If there was anything awkward in the conditions… 10:00 When he had left the room she expected… 08:06 Chapter 47 08:32 Henrietta Stackpole, it may well be imagined… 08:03 'You're certainly not fortunate in your intimates…' 11:13 Caspar Goodwood came at last to Palazzo… 10:26 Chapter 48 10:59 'I can't do that. I shall never make another…' 10:44 'I have said that Osmond was in good humour…' 10:15 Goodwood had meant to go away early… 11:01 Chapter 49 10:08 Madame Merle had proceeded very deliberately… 07:10 Her compassion would perhaps have been… 07:28 Madame Merle's self-possession tended on… 11:13 Chapter 50 10:48 About a week after this lady's quick sympathies… 10:20 Chapter 51 08:21 He spoke gravely and almost gently… 10:35 Isabel went to her room, where she walked… 06:32 She spoke as one troubled and puzzled… 08:05 'I don't call Madame Merle a success, you know.' 09:48 Chapter 52 10:51 Isabel saw it all as distinctly as if it had been… 10:07 Isabel said nothing for a minute; her heart beat… 11:17 Chapter 53 10:49 Even in the crowded, noisy station… 10:39 Chapter 54 08:25 Mrs. Touchett was silent; then she gave a sharp… 10:55 'I was not waiting for your death; I was waiting…' 09:39 Chapter 55 07:48 'Some of them are extremely peculiar,' 07:34 There was an interrogation in this… 08:20 She couldn't have told you whether it was… 05:51 Isabel gave a long murmur, like a creature in pain… ▶ Listen now for free (provided by Deezer Gratis)
The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
by NBC Theater
Length: 0:53 h
Published: 2010-04-01
▶ Listen now for free (provided by Napster)
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