Washington Square (English Library) - Softcover

James, Henry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140432264 ISBN 13: 9780140432268

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1984

Synopsis

When timid and plain Catherine Sloper acquires a dashing and determined suitor, her father, convinced that the young man is nothing more than a fortune-hunter, decides to put a stop to their romance.

Torn between her desire to win her father's love and approval and her passion for the first man who has ever declared his love for her, Catherine faces an agonising dilemma, and becomes all too aware of the restrictions that others seek to place on her freedom. James's masterly novel deftly interweaves the public and private faces of nineteenth-century New York society to great dramatic effect.

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Review:

" Henry James is as solitary in the history of the novel as Shakespeare is in the history of poetry." -- Graham Greene

"Henry James is as solitary in the history of the novel as Shakespeare is in the history of poetry." --Graham Greene

Book Description:

Meet Catherine Sloper: ¿quiet and ladylike?¿ Or simply ¿a dull, plain girl¿?

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0140432264
• ISBN 13: 9780140432268
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Lee Brian