Henry James left his "big" novel with a ambiguous ending saying he would leave it to others to finish. Surprisingly, no one that I know of has taken him up on this offer. What did happen to Isabel Archer Osmond after returning home? That is the premise of my sequel and I will attempt "brick by brick" to establish a life for Mrs. Osmond or at least speculate on what may have happened to the master's favorite character after returning to Rome and Gilbert Osmond.
31 March 2011
Let the Sequel Begin
I will begin posting the chapters of my sequel to The Portrait of a Lady. Henry James wrote it to be serialized in two magazines (U.S, British) and did not quite know where or how it would end. That is pretty much my story; I don't know exactly where it will end or what is to happen but I've got a few ideas. In any case, I've got to start somewhere and think if I post regularly, I'll get to the heart of the matter sooner. There may be rewrites, there may be whole chapters deleted but in time, we will have the sequel. So bear with me. We've got to redeem Isabel and save Pansy.
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