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The Library of America edition of The Portrait of a Lady says in its " Note on the Text":
The information was backwards in the wiki article, and so I switched it.
The Internet Archive has digitized copies of the aboved mentioned works:
There was a review of the last two volumes in the New York Times on February 29, 1908:
Has there not been any criticism to the effect that this is a most boring and nonsensical book, with characters that are utterly unrealistic and (at best) superficial? Or to the effect that it took Virginia Woolf a considerable effort to write something even more boring with "Night and Day"? -- Awaler ( talk) 18:03, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
The article says "It also treats in a profound way the themes of personal freedom, responsibility, betrayal, and sexuality." Maybe my edition is incomplete, in any case it contains little, if anything of that sort. Sexuality does not even occur at all. It rather seems that the only topic treated in the novel in a profound way is tea parties. -- Awaler ( talk) 15:05, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
Portrait of a Lady (van der Weyden) should be disambiguated from here. However, I suspect that there are more fairly famous paintings with that title, so it might even be appropriate with a Portrait of a Lady (paintings).
Peter Isotalo 10:31, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
This page had a quite adequate plot summary that was completely erased in early 2010 by 75.34.211.142 with no rationale. This strikes me as odd and out of keeping with pretty much every other work of fiction on the site, so I have lifted that plot summary and restored it to be edited as people see fit. If anyone has a reason why this page should have no plot summary at all, I would like to hear it. Tropolist ( talk) 09:22, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
This user seems to have recently dumped their entire highschool paper into the "Major Themes" section (it's even 747 words, three short of a common hoghschool word limit). I believe the whole thing is absolute, unsalvageable garbage and have removed it in its entirety. Anyone who wishes to defend it may do so. Tropolist ( talk) 15:02, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:The Portrait of a Lady/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.
Rated as a "Top" priority novel. Should be considered in any encyclopedia. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/ (Desk) 08:40, 20 September 2006 (UTC) |
Last edited at 08:40, 20 September 2006 (UTC). Substituted at 08:19, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
This
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content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Library of America edition of The Portrait of a Lady says in its " Note on the Text":
The information was backwards in the wiki article, and so I switched it.
The Internet Archive has digitized copies of the aboved mentioned works:
There was a review of the last two volumes in the New York Times on February 29, 1908:
Has there not been any criticism to the effect that this is a most boring and nonsensical book, with characters that are utterly unrealistic and (at best) superficial? Or to the effect that it took Virginia Woolf a considerable effort to write something even more boring with "Night and Day"? -- Awaler ( talk) 18:03, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
The article says "It also treats in a profound way the themes of personal freedom, responsibility, betrayal, and sexuality." Maybe my edition is incomplete, in any case it contains little, if anything of that sort. Sexuality does not even occur at all. It rather seems that the only topic treated in the novel in a profound way is tea parties. -- Awaler ( talk) 15:05, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
Portrait of a Lady (van der Weyden) should be disambiguated from here. However, I suspect that there are more fairly famous paintings with that title, so it might even be appropriate with a Portrait of a Lady (paintings).
Peter Isotalo 10:31, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
This page had a quite adequate plot summary that was completely erased in early 2010 by 75.34.211.142 with no rationale. This strikes me as odd and out of keeping with pretty much every other work of fiction on the site, so I have lifted that plot summary and restored it to be edited as people see fit. If anyone has a reason why this page should have no plot summary at all, I would like to hear it. Tropolist ( talk) 09:22, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
This user seems to have recently dumped their entire highschool paper into the "Major Themes" section (it's even 747 words, three short of a common hoghschool word limit). I believe the whole thing is absolute, unsalvageable garbage and have removed it in its entirety. Anyone who wishes to defend it may do so. Tropolist ( talk) 15:02, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:The Portrait of a Lady/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.
Rated as a "Top" priority novel. Should be considered in any encyclopedia. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/ (Desk) 08:40, 20 September 2006 (UTC) |
Last edited at 08:40, 20 September 2006 (UTC). Substituted at 08:19, 30 April 2016 (UTC)