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Novel Approaches: ‘The Portrait of a Lady’ by Henry James

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James, George Eliot, and Female Ambition

Tom questions whether James is 'nice' to Isabel, and Colm discusses influences from George Eliot and the fate of ambitious women in 19th-century novels.

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