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The Portrait Of A Lady (Classic Serial)
The Portrait Of A Lady (Classic Serial)
Jul 21, 2025 2:04 AM

Author:Rachel Joyce,Henry James,Anna Maxwell Martin,Robert Bathhurst,Gayle Hunnicutt,Haydn Gwynne

The Portrait Of A Lady (Classic Serial)

Henry James's novel, dramatised by Rachel Joyce. Young and beautiful, Isabel Archer thinks that she is in control of her fate. Little does she know, however, that others behind the scenes are pulling the strings. The beautiful and free-spirited Isabel Archer is now a very rich woman. Two men have declared their love for her but she does not want to be married. Resolved to enjoy her fortune, she begins her travels. Starring Anna Maxwell Martin, Haydn Gwynne, Robert Bathurst, Gayle Hunnicutt and full cast. Pianist Duncan Walsh Atkins. Directed by Tracey Neale.

Reviews

The legendary David Warner... brings his immense vocal talents to this audiobook, aided by Nicholas Briggs as the voice of the Cybermen.

—— Matt Adams , http://www.cambs24.co.uk

Screen legend David Warner... really brings the story to life. His Matt Smith impression is wonderful and at times laugh out loud hilarious. It’s worth a listen just to hear his lively interpretation of the various characters... an enjoyable, atmospheric adventure

—— Emrys Matthews , http://blogtorwho.blogspot.co.uk

Winterson's belief in love, beauty, and most of all, language, is evangelical and redemptive...it is timely and exciting to read

—— Rachel Cusk , The Times

Suspenseful . . . I would recommend this book to anyone

—— Guardian Children's Books

A brutally visual world . . . vivid, motivated characters each with a heartbreaking history . . . thrilling and devastating . . . a true epic.

—— SCIFI NOW

Gemmell's volcanic imagination . . . erupts into pyrotechnics of description and unstoppable lava flows of intrigue, sweeping us along to the white-hot conclusion.

—— Tom Holt , SFX magazine

A plethora of well-defined, superbly-executed characters . . . I found myself absolutely hooked . . . there is an ever-growing sense of tension. Even before the final, inevitable, showdown you get the feeling that things are going to get bloody and not everyone is going to make it out of this alive . . .this is engrossing stuff that's expertly executed.

—— ELOQUENT PAGE

Demands your complete and total attention . . . pulls together at the end in a gripping climax and wonderful multi dimensional characters . . . a new and very powerful voice in the world of fantasy.
Highly Recommended.

—— PARMENION BOOKS

A sweeping novel of great power.

—— TOR.COM

Don Tillman is my favourite new protagonist in all of contemporary fiction. This man will exasperate, delight and immerse you in a world so original, in a story so compelling, I defy you not to read through the night. Glorious

—— Adriana Trigiani, author of The Shoemaker's Wife

Written in a superbly pitch-perfect voice, The Rosie Project had me cheering for Don on every page. I'm madly in love with this book! Trust me, you will be, too

—— Lisa Genova, author of Still Alice and left Neglected

Charming and delightful, The Rosie Project kept me riveted long into the night. I was so enamoured of it that I read it in a single, marathon sitting

—— Ayelet Waldman, author of Red Hook Road

One of the quirkiest, most adorable novels I've come across... Don Tillman is such a fantastic, lovable, geeky character that you're cheering for him from page one... Thoughtful and fun, very different and utterly charming - a brilliant first novel

—— NZ Herald on Sunday

An endearing, funny book, a quirky love story, and a must read for 2013

—— Australian Daily Telegraph

As you start reading this extraordinary work, there's no doubt that unlikely hero Don Tillman is about to take the world if not by storm, then certainly by rational argument... Laugh-out loud funny, poignant and so ingenious and compelling you feel as if you want to jump into the world of the novel and join in

—— Australian Women's Weekly

If you believe in fate and romcoms, you'll enjoy this

—— Australian Cosmopolitan

Irresistibly charming, genuinely funny and cleverly plotted

—— Booktopia

Literature's equivalent of TV's Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory...Charming

—— Melbourne Weekly Times

Touching and rewarding

—— New Zealand Weekend Herald

Prime deck-chair material

—— The Times, Our Favourite Comic Novels

The best, most honestly told love story I've read in a long time

—— Kristin Hannah

Marvellous. Don Tillman is as awkward and confusing a narrator as he is lovable and charming

—— John Boyne, author of The Boy In the Striped Pyjamas

Prime deck-chair material

—— The Times, Our Favourite Comic Novels
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