The Portrait of a Lady Volume 1 (Large Print Edition) [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Henry James (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0554280671 | ISBN-13: 978-0554280677 | Publication Date: August 18, 2008 | Edition: Large type edition

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: BiblioLife; Large type edition edition (August 18, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0554280671
• ISBN-13: 978-0554280677
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 10 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Portrait of a Lady, October 20, 2010

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sara h. frank - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Portrait of a Lady - Volume 1 (Kindle Edition)

I loved reading this book! The way James developed his characters was fascinating, and there was always the right amount of suspense. It takes a while to get in sync with his writing style (verbose and circuitous), but well worth the effort! I'm off to Volume II... and I hope there is more resolution in this one.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Difficult navigation, January 26, 2010

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Lisa Longoria (Burlington, WI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Portrait of a Lady - Volume 1 (Kindle Edition)

As an ebook this one did not allow one to navigate by advancing by chapter with the five-way controller. The table of contents was not interactive. If you leave your place in the book to look at another location in the book you will not easily be able to find the place you left off unless you remember the location. The sync to furthest page read did not work either. I don't know if that is a gliche with this book or a kindle 2 problem. I read this for a book club so it was very annoying not to be able to easily jump from chapter to chapter as we were discussing it. One would have to use the search facility to find the chapters which are in Roman numerals.

As a work of fiction, Henry James goes into great depth to describe his characters. Approximately the first third of the book was used for this purpose. The plot was slow moving at this point. If you have patience to stick it out it will become a little more interesting and complex. The story was sad. The ending was depressing. I found James writing style tedious.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great classic for the Kindle, November 27, 2011

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Gwendolyn Dawson "Literary License" (Houston, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Portrait of a Lady - Volume 1 (Kindle Edition)

Thanks to volunteer efforts, this classic is now available on the Kindle for free. I did not have any formatting issues with this book, and I enjoyed reading an old classic on a new electronic device.