Podcast 14: Henry James's 'The Portrait of a Lady'

Our final podcast of this academic year, just in time for some satisfying holiday reading, is an interview with former colleague John Fanagan, who discusses Henry James's great 1881 novel The Portrait of a Lady. Set in England and Italy, the book examines the progress of the innocent American young woman Isabel Archer, as she comes into contact with the ways of an older civilisation. John discusses other characters in the novel, such as Ralph Touchett, Lord Warburton, Madame Merle, Henrietta Stacpoole and the dark Gilbert Osmond. There's a spoiler warning before the last few minutes of the podcast, in which the infamous ending is discussed, so if you haven't already read the novel, you might like to pause it then, and return later.

(This is also the 700th post on SCC English).
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