“Because it is written by a nineteenth-century American, and because of its closeness to the twentieth century, The Portrait of a Lady foregoes Victorian affirmations. The price it pays, however (together with several twentieth-century novels) is that it eventually leaves… — Ian Gregor Copy Share Image
“as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all. The nineteenth century” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
