Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: The Portrait of a Lady shine labarin wani matashiyar yarinyar Amurka, Isabel Archer, wanda, a cikin "fuskantar da makomarta", ya ga yana da yawa. Ta gaji babban adadin kuɗi kuma daga baya ta zama wanda aka azabtar da makircin Machiavellian da wasu 'yan Amurkan biyu suka yi. Kamar yawancin litattafan James, an saita shi a Turai, galibi Ingila da Italiya. Gabaɗaya ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin babban aikin James na farkon lokacin, wannan littafin yana nuna ci gaba da sha'awar James game da bambance-bambance tsakanin Sabuwar Duniya da Tsohuwar, sau da yawa don cutar da tsohon. Ya kuma tattauna batutuwan 'yanci na mutum, hakki, da kuma cin amana.  Tambaya: Waɗanne abubuwa uku ne ake bi da su a hanya mai zurfi?
'yanci na mutum, alhakin, da kuma cin amana