Washington Square

by Henry James, Brian Lee

ISBN 0140432264 / 9780140432268 / 0-14-043226-4
Publisher Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Language English
Edition Softcover
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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. [via]