''Portrait of a Lady'' is a 1936

historical novel Historical fiction is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting related to the past events, but is fictional. Although the term is commonly used as a synonym for historical fiction literature, it can also be applied to other ty ...

by the British writer Eleanor Smith. In the

Victorian era In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. The era followed the Georgian period and preceded the Edwardia ...

a married woman is attracted by a young

gypsy The Romani (also spelled Romany or Rromani , ), colloquially known as the Roma, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, traditionally nomadic itinerants. They live in Europe and Anatolia, and have diaspora populations located worldwide, with sign ...

, but eventually manages to resist him.Vinson p.634

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Bibliography

* Vinson, James. ''Twentieth-Century Romance and Gothic Writers''. Macmillan, 1982. 1936 British novels Novels by Lady Eleanor Smith British romance novels British historical novels Novels set in the 19th century Hutchinson (publisher) books {{1930s-hist-novel-stub