| From AudioFile With amazing vividness， Nina Foch essays Henry James's earliest (1881) and perhaps most accessible masterpiece. A penniless American girl is brought to Europe where her beauty， ingenuousness， and naïveté attract a variety of suitors. In spite of wanting to do everything right， everything comes out wrong in this perceptive， subtle， and multilayered psychological novel， which Foch plays like a musical instrument. A rather loud one -- she hits all the notes correctly but coarsely. The effect is like a bordello pianist--albeit one with nimble fingers--playing Chopin on an old upright. A maladroit abridgment causes occasional confusion. Lackadaisical engineering adds stridency and calls attention to edits. Y.R. © AudioFile 2002， Portland， Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile， Portland， Maine --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition. Review ?The Portrait of a Lady is entirely successful in giving one the sense of having met somebody far too radiantly good for this world.??Rebecca West --This text refers to the Paperback edition. See all Editorial Reviews |
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