# Mr. Luce — The Portrait of a Lady character guide

> Mr. Luce in The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0019-xviii

## Who they are

Mrs. Luce's husband, a fellow American in Florence.

## In the story

### [Chapter XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_portrait_of_a_lady_se/chapters/xx)

Mr. Luce is a conservative American expatriate who praises the distractions of Paris and nostalgically recalls the days of the French Empire.

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