Portrait of a Lady, The

noun

1. a novel (1881) by Henry James.

Example Sentences

Since “The Piano,” Campion has continued to make stirring, challenging work, including the Henry James adaptation “The Portrait of a Lady,” the willfully flaky “Holy Smoke!,” the controversial erotic thriller “In the Cut” and the poetic romance “Bright Star.”

From Los Angeles Times

For no-weight-gain inspiration, I reread aloud the first chapters of certain favorite novels: “Great Expectations,” “To the Lighthouse,” “Middlemarch,” “The Portrait of a Lady,” “The Bluest Eye,” “Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All.”

From New York Times

By the autumn of 1881 he had finished The Portrait of a Lady, the longest and in every way the most important of his works hitherto, and he could also feel that his grounding in London, so to call it, was solid and secure.

From Project Gutenberg

On opening it, she saw inside a miniature portrait of a lady—the same one which Claude had mentioned.

From Project Gutenberg

They found a purse with a few sovereigns; the portrait of a lady—-the murdered man's wife—a sealed envelope addressed to Hugh Mountjoy, Esq, care of his London hotel; and a card-case: nothing of any importance.

From Project Gutenberg