The Portrait of a Lady (edit title)

Ballroom_Pink edited the characters of The Portrait of a Lady 3 days ago.

• Edited a character: Mrs. Lydia Touchett: Isabel's aunt
• Added a character: Madame Merle
• Added the description of Caspar Goodwood: Isabel's suitor
• marked the description of Caspar Goodwood as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Lord Warburton: Mrs. Touchett's neighbor
• marked the description of Lord Warburton as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Pansy: Gilbert Osmond's daughter from a previous relationship
• marked the description of Pansy as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Ned Rosier: Pansy's suitor
• marked the description of Ned Rosier as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Ralph Touchett: Isabel's invalid cousin
• marked the description of Ralph Touchett as not a spoiler
• Removed a character: Isabel

Timothy Gray approved Timothy Gray’s request to change the title of The Portrait of a Lady Monday, November 9 2009.

Timothy Gray changed the title of The Portrait of a Lady Monday, November 9 2009.

Timothy Gray approved Timothy Gray’s request to change the contributors of The Portrait of a Lady Monday, November 9 2009.

• Edited a contributor: Nicola Bradbury: (Primary None)
• Edited a contributor: Kevin Kelly: (Primary None)
• Edited a contributor: Roger Gard: (Primary None)
• Removed a contributor: 1843-1916. James, Henry: (Primary None)

Timothy Gray edited the contributors of The Portrait of a Lady Monday, November 9 2009.

• Edited a contributor: Nicola Bradbury: (Primary None)
• Edited a contributor: Kevin Kelly: (Primary None)
• Edited a contributor: Roger Gard: (Primary None)
• Removed a contributor: 1843-1916. James, Henry: (Primary None)

Timothy Gray approved Shelfari’s request to change the contributors of The Portrait of a Lady Monday, November 9 2009.

• Added a contributor: 1843-1916. James, Henry: (Primary None)
• Added a contributor: Kevin Kelly: (Primary None)
• Added a contributor: Roger Gard: (Primary None)
• Added a contributor: Nicola Bradbury: (Primary None)

Shelfari edited the quotations of The Portrait of a Lady Monday, November 9 2009.

• Added a quotation: “Most women did with themselves nothing at all; they waited, in attitudes more or less gracefully passive, for a man to come that way and furnish them with a destiny.”
• Added a quotation: ““I think he’s charming.” “He’s a nice person,” said Mr. Touchett, “but I don’t recommend you to fall in love with him.” “I shall not do it then; I shall never fall in love but on your recommendation.””
• Added a quotation: “…there was always a sort of tacit understanding among women, born of the solidarity of the sex, that they should discover or invent lovers for each other…”
• Added a quotation: ““I haven’t many convictions; but I have three or four that I hold strongly. One is that people, on the whole, had better not marry their cousins. Another is that people in an advanced stage of pulmonary disorder had better not marry at all.””
• Added a quotation: ““It’s a very good thing for a girl to have refused a few good offers – so long of course as they are not the best she’s likely to have. Pardon me if my tone seems horribly corrupt; one must take the worldly view sometimes. Only don’t keep on refusing for the sake of refusing. It’s a pleasant exercise of power; but accepting’s after all an exercise of power as well.””
• Added a quotation: ““Don’t ask yourself so much whether this or that is good for you. Don’t question your conscience so much – it will get out of tune like a strummed piano. Keep it for great occasions. Don’t try so much to form your character – it’s like trying to pull open a tight, tender young rose. Live as you like best, and your character will take care of itself.””
• Added a quotation: ““…love has nothing to do with good reasons.” “I don’t agree with you. I’m delighted to have good reasons.” “Of course you are. If you were really in love you wouldn’t care a straw for them.””

Shelfari edited the characters of The Portrait of a Lady Monday, November 9 2009.

• Added a character: Isabel

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Portrait of a Lady Monday, November 9 2009.

• Added a contributor: 1843-1916. James, Henry: (Primary None)
• Added a contributor: Kevin Kelly: (Primary None)
• Added a contributor: Roger Gard: (Primary None)
• Added a contributor: Nicola Bradbury: (Primary None)

Timothy Gray approved Dog Lover’s request to combine 35 books, including The Portrait of a Lady, Monday, November 9 2009.