The smart and strong-willed Isabel Archer is brought to Europe by her well-off aunt Touchett toenter wedlock. Resolved to navigate her own destiny, she unabashedly turns down two eligible suitorswho offer their wealth and devotion to her. Amongst this, she finds herself irresistibly drawn to ahandsome, cruel charmer.Renowned as a masterpiece among James's early writings, this novel portrays the stark contrastbetween naivety and high spirits of the new world and deception and wisdom of the old. It alsoprofoundly counters the themes of individualiberty, duty, treachery and sexuality.