portrait
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At times, it feels like a victory lap, the most flattering possible portrait of a man who might be toying with the idea of going out while he’s still on top.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026
The Independent's reviewer, Nick Hilton, though, gave the "generation-defining show" four stars, saying it "paints a clear-eyed, unflattering portrait of modern America".
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Compressing and occasionally revealing all that she has been through in “The Handmaid’s Tale” and before, what she manages to make Aunt Lydia is both Dorian Gray and his portrait.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
John Galsworthy’s tales of an affluent family in Victorian and Edwardian England offer a vivid portrait of a vanished era.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
A strange yowling sound was coming from the portrait of Agatha Swanburne, and neither she nor her husband could discover why.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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