Mrs. Osmond
Author | : John Banville |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 2018-10-09 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781101972892 |
ISBN-13 | : 1101972890 |
Rating | : 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Download or read book Mrs. Osmond written by John Banville and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2018-10-09 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea continues the story of Isabel Archer, the young protagonist of Henry James’s beloved The Portrait of a Lady—in this masterful novel of betrayal, corruption, and moral ambiguity. Eager but naïve, in James’s novel Isabel comes into a large, unforeseen inheritance and marries the charming, penniless, and—as Isabel finds out too late—cruel and deceitful Gilbert Osmond. Here Banville imagines Isabel’s second chapter telling the story of a woman reawakened by grief and the knowledge that she has been grievously wronged, and determined to resume her quest for freedom and independence.