# Isabel Archer — The Portrait of a Lady character guide

> Isabel Archer in The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Miss Archer, Miss Isabel Archer, Isabel

**First appearance:** 0002-i

## Who they are

A young American woman who inherits a fortune and becomes the central figure of the novel.

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