Status Updates From Portret damy

V surprised this isn’t a recent miniseries. It had some adaptations in the 60s and 90s, but it seems so easy to adapt—it’s all right there for the taking.

Also, while I absolutely despised The Ambassadors, this novel is making me a James fan.

‘I’ve never kept up with Isabel—it would have taken all my time,’ she had often remarked; in spite of which, however, she held [Isabel] rather wistfully in sight; watching her as a motherly spaniel might watch a free greyhound.

—Masterclass. Every sentence is weighty, but none of it feels overwhelming or burdensome.