Strong-willed New Yorker Isabel Archer moves to England, determined not to compromise her freedom at any cost. As she becomes increasingly ensnared in the debauched world of wealthy American expatriates, her dreams of an independent life begin to crumble. Depicting the cultural rifts between the ‘Old World’ and the ‘New World’ that Henry James had experienced first-hand, The Portrait of a Lady ponders on the place of the individual within their society.