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NYPL’s Jean Strouse, Director of the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers shares her insight and research into Henry James and The Portrait of a Lady. (including Henry James favorite passage of the book in Chapter 42.)

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NYPL’s Jean Strouse, Director of the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers shares her insight and research into Henry James and The Portrait of a Lady. (including Henry James favorite passage of the book in Chapter 42.)
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