Washington Square (Penguin Classics)

Type

Book

Authors

Henry James

ISBN 10

0140432264

ISBN 13

9780140432268

Tags

Classics, Criticism & Theory, Literary, Literature

Description

Washington Square (1881), by Henry James, tells the story of Catherine Sloper, the plain, obedient daughter of the widowed, well-to-do Dr. August Sloper of Washington Square. When a handsome, feckless man-about-town proposes to Catherine, her father forbids the marriage because he believes the man to be after Catherine's fortune and future inheritance. The conflict between father, daughter, and suitor provokes consequences in the lives of all three that make this story one of James's most piercingly memorable. - from Amzon

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