FREEThe Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2
"The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2" by Henry James is a novel first published in 1880-81. This second volume continues the story of spirited Isabel Archer, whose newfound inheritance and European adventures lead her into a disastrous marriage with the egotistical Gilbert Osmond. As Isabel discovers dark secrets about her husband's relationship with Madame Merle and confronts the manipulations that shaped her fate, she must wrestle with questions of freedom, duty, and whether to escape her gilded cage or honor her commitments. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Automated conservative edition review 2026-10-20T08:03:55.510Z (historical-original-en-v2), Philippines scope. English historical author James, Henry, died 1916; original-language author allowlist, matching sole EPUB/catalog creator, no credited contributors, no extra artwork, no flagged editorial/translation/copyright cues in isolated text. US public-domain source label and retained Gutenberg license; EPUB CRC passed. This is rule-based screening, not a worldwide rights opinion or a claim of manual review. Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2834; Philippine term reference https://www.ipophil.gov.ph/copyright/. EPUB SHA256 4c2cf254a7d69bc2a44e29b6da1fb700c05057d845ba4ca6767104ec2d649a85; RDF SHA256 463c2154b6e1ebbfe766c7e8d3345c4d3e70c8ce2c3e9111b842d882379678ad. Author identity/date reference checked 2026-09-28: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/209.
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