Washington Square (Signet Classics) - Softcover

James, Henry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451528719 ISBN 13: 9780451528711

Publisher: Signet Classics, 2004

Synopsis

What Catherine Sloper lacks in brains and beauty, she makes up for by being "very good." The handsome Morris Townsend would do anything to win her hand-even if it means pretending that he loves the homely ingénue, and cares nothing for her opulent wealth.

 

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From the Inside Flap

Washington Square follows the coming-of-age of its plain-faced, kindhearted heroine, Catherine Sloper. Much to her father's vexation, a handsome opportunist named Morris Townsend woos the long-suffering heiress, intent on claiming her fortune. When Catherine stubbornly refuses to call off her engagement, Dr. Sloper forces Catherine to choose between her inheritance and the only man she will ever truly love. Cynthia Ozick, in her Introduction to what she calls Henry James's "most American fiction," writes that "every line, every paragraph, every chapter [of Washington Square] is a fleet-footed light brigade, an engine of irony." Precise and understated, this charming novel endures as a matchless study of New York in the mid-nineteenth century.

From the Back Cover

“Henry James is as solitary in the history of the novel as Shakespeare is in the history of poetry.” —Graham Greene

Edition details

• Publisher: Signet Classics
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0451528719
• ISBN 13: 9780451528711
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 240