The Portrait of a Lady | Chapters 11-15 Summary and Analysis

New Character:
Bob Bantling: Ralph’s bachelor friend from London

Summary
Mrs. Touchett tells Isabel that she does not like Henrietta and describes the American journalist as an “adventuress and a bore.” Later, Henrietta argues with Mrs. Touchett about the relative merits of American hotels and American servants; Isabel’s aunt finds both lacking when compared to those found in Europe. Henrietta bluntly tells Mrs. Touchett that she thinks her comments are offensive.

Henrietta tells Isabel that she and Caspar Goodwood sailed to England on the...



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