26-537: [REDACTED] Look up Osmond in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Osmond or Osmonds may refer to: People [ edit ] Osmond (surname) Osmund , a list of people with the given name Osmond or Osmund Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Gilbert Osmond, in the novel The Portrait of a Lady , by Henry James Osmond Bates, in Sahara ,
52-509: A Lady The Portrait of a Lady is a novel by Henry James , first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly and Macmillan's Magazine in 1880–81 and then as a book in 1881. It is one of James's most popular novels and is regarded by critics as one of his finest. The Portrait of a Lady is the story of a spirited young American woman, Isabel Archer, who, "affronting her destiny," finds it overwhelming. She inherits
78-402: A city Osmond, Wyoming , United States, a census-designated place Osmond, Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada See also [ edit ] Osmond process , a way to make wrought iron starting around the 13th century Åsmund (disambiguation) Osmund (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
104-402: A city Osmond, Wyoming , United States, a census-designated place Osmond, Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada See also [ edit ] Osmond process , a way to make wrought iron starting around the 13th century Åsmund (disambiguation) Osmund (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
130-575: A large amount of money and subsequently becomes the victim of Machiavellian scheming by two American expatriates. Like many of James's novels, it is set in Europe, mostly England and Italy. Generally regarded as the masterpiece of James's early period, this novel reflects James's continuing interest in the differences between the New World and the Old , often to the detriment of the former. It also treats in
156-491: A plot to bring out the character of his central figure. This was the uncompromising story of the free-spirited Isabel losing her freedom—despite (or because of) suddenly coming into a great deal of money—and getting "ground in the very mill of the conventional." The Portrait of a Lady has received critical acclaim since its first publication in The Atlantic Monthly , and it remains the most popular of James's longer fictions. Contemporary critics recognise that James had pushed
182-615: A profound way the themes of personal freedom, responsibility, and betrayal. 23-year-old Isabel Archer, from Albany, New York , is invited by her maternal aunt, Lydia Touchett, to visit Lydia's rich husband, Daniel, at his estate near London, following the death of Isabel's father. There, Isabel meets her uncle, her friendly invalid cousin Ralph Touchett, and the Touchetts' robust neighbor, Lord Warburton. Isabel later declines Warburton's sudden proposal of marriage. She also rejects
208-607: A war movie, and the 1995 remake The Osmonds , an American family music group Osmonds (album) , their third album The Osmonds (TV series) , a 1972 cartoon series starring the Osmonds The Osmonds (musical) , a 2022 stage musical based on the family Osmond Studios , a television production studio in Utah used by the Osmonds Places [ edit ] Osmond, Nebraska , United States,
234-421: A war movie, and the 1995 remake The Osmonds , an American family music group Osmonds (album) , their third album The Osmonds (TV series) , a 1972 cartoon series starring the Osmonds The Osmonds (musical) , a 2022 stage musical based on the family Osmond Studios , a television production studio in Utah used by the Osmonds Places [ edit ] Osmond, Nebraska , United States,
260-532: A young art collector. The snobbish Osmond would prefer that Pansy accept the proposal of Warburton, who had previously proposed to Isabel. Isabel suspects, however, that Warburton may just be feigning interest in Pansy to get close to Isabel again, and the conflict creates even more strain within the unhappy marriage after Osmond demands that Isabel should leverage her supposed influence over Warburton to bring about his marriage to Pansy. Isabel then learns that Ralph
286-458: Is dying at his estate in England and prepares to go to him for his final hours, but Osmond selfishly opposes this plan, threatening revenge if she proceeds against his disapproval. After this dispute, Isabel learns from her sister-in-law that Pansy is actually the daughter of Madame Merle, who had had an adulterous relationship with Osmond for several years. Isabel pays a final visit to Pansy, who
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#1732798287483312-400: Is that Isabel feels as honour-bound to the promise she has made to stepdaughter Pansy as she does to her marriage, and that she believes the scene her "unacceptable" trip to England will create with Osmond will leave her in a more justifiable position to abandon her marriage. The extensive revisions James made for the 1908 New York Edition generally have been accepted as improvements, unlike
338-513: The BBC produced a television miniseries of The Portrait of a Lady , starring Suzanne Neve as Isabel and Richard Chamberlain as Ralph Touchett. The Portrait of a Lady was adapted in 1996 by New Zealand director Jane Campion , into a film starring Nicole Kidman as Isabel, John Malkovich as Osmond, and Barbara Hershey as Madame Merle. It was also adapted into the Urdu language in 1976 by
364-806: The Continent and meets an American expatriate, Gilbert Osmond, in Florence . Although Isabel had previously rejected both Warburton and Goodwood, she accepts Osmond's proposal of marriage, unaware that it has been actively promoted by the accomplished but untrustworthy Madame Merle, another American expatriate, whom Isabel had met at the Touchetts' estate. Isabel and Osmond settle in Rome, but their marriage rapidly sours, owing to Osmond's overwhelming egotism and lack of genuine affection for his wife. Isabel grows fond of Pansy, Osmond's presumed daughter by his first marriage, and wants to grant her wish to marry Edward Rosier,
390-557: The actor Lawrence Barrett wanted James to turn the novel into a play, James replied that he did not think it could be done. In his opinion, given in the preface to the New York Edition, the best scene in the book consists of Isabel sitting motionless in a chair. The story was adapted as a Broadway play by William Archibald , which opened in December 1954, with Barbara O'Neil in the role of Madame Serena Merle. In 1968
416-581: The analysis of human consciousness and motivation to new levels, particularly in such passages as Chapter 42, where Isabel meditates deep into the night about her marriage and the trap she seems to have fallen into. James gave an in-depth account of Isabel's deepest terrors in his preface to the novel's 1908 New York Edition . More recent criticism has been levelled by feminists. In particular, Isabel's final return to Osmond has fascinated critics, who have debated whether James sufficiently justifies this seemingly paradoxical rejection of freedom. One interpretation
442-416: The changes he made to other texts, such as The American or Roderick Hudson . The revision of the final scene between Isabel and Goodwood has been especially applauded. Edward Wagenknecht wrote that James "makes it as clear as any modern novelist could make it by using all the four-letter words in the dictionary that [Isabel] has been roused as never before in her life, roused in the true sense perhaps for
468-590: The dying Ralph in England, where she remains until his death. While previously she had concealed the unhappiness of her marriage with Osmond to Ralph, Isabel reveals it openly before him on his deathbed; Ralph grieves that in delivering his father's fortune to his cousin, he has ruined her, but confides that she may still, as she is yet young, retrieve the freedom that she had resigned in deciding to marry. Goodwood encounters her at Ralph's estate and begs her to leave Osmond and come away with him. He passionately embraces and kisses her, but Isabel flees. Goodwood seeks her out
494-407: The first time in her life." James's verbal magic allowed him to both obey and evade the restrictive conventions of his day for the treatment of sexuality in literature. Critic Alfred Habegger has written that the main character of Portrait was inspired by Christie Archer, the protagonist of Anne Moncure Crane 's novel Reginald Archer (1871). Crane may have influenced James, who Habegger believes
520-411: The 💕 [REDACTED] Look up Osmond in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Osmond or Osmonds may refer to: People [ edit ] Osmond (surname) Osmund , a list of people with the given name Osmond or Osmund Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Gilbert Osmond, in the novel The Portrait of a Lady , by Henry James Osmond Bates, in Sahara ,
546-406: The hand of Caspar Goodwood, the charismatic son and heir of a wealthy Boston mill owner. Although Isabel is drawn to Caspar, her commitment to her independence precludes such a marriage, which she feels would demand the sacrifice of her freedom. The elder Touchett grows ill and, at the request of his son, Ralph, leaves much of his estate to Isabel upon his death. With her large legacy, Isabel travels
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#1732798287483572-441: The next day but is told she has set off again for Rome. The ending is ambiguous, and the reader is left to imagine whether Isabel returned to Osmond to suffer out her marriage in noble tragedy (perhaps for Pansy's sake), or if she is going to rescue Pansy and leave Osmond. James's first idea for The Portrait of a Lady was simple: a young American woman "affronting her destiny," whatever it might be. Only then did he begin to form
598-491: The title Osmond . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Osmond&oldid=1191400443 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Osmond From Misplaced Pages,
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650-549: Was interested in Crane's female characters. In the preface to the 1908 New York Edition , James referred to several of George Eliot 's female protagonists as possible influences. Habegger questions this and quotes others doing the same. In another critical article, "Rewriting Misogyny: The Portrait of a Lady and the Popular Fiction Debate", Paul M. Hadella mentions the similarities to Crane. In 1884, when
676-419: Was sent to a convent by Osmond as an implicit demonstration of his authority against his wife, and their meeting terminates with Pansy begging her to return someday, which Isabel reluctantly promises to do. A meeting with Madame Merle, who too had been visiting Pansy at the same hour, confirms Isabel's suspicions of her relations to Osmond and Pansy. She then leaves, without telling her spiteful husband, to comfort
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