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Washington Square

Henry James

Paperback | Pages: 240 pages

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Title	:	Washington Square
Author	:	Henry James
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 240 pages
Published	:	April 6th 2004 by Signet Classics (first published 1880)
Categories	:	Classics. Fiction. Literature. 19th Century. American. Historical. Historical Fiction. Romance

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The plot of Washington Square has the simplicity of old-fashioned melodrama: a plain-looking, good-hearted young woman, the only child of a rich widower, is pursued by a charming but unscrupulous man who seeks the wealth she will presumably inherit. On this premise, Henry James constructed one of his most memorable novels, a story in which love is answered with betrayal and loyalty leads inexorably to despair."

-- from the Introduction by Peter Conn

In Washington Square (1880), Henry James reminisces about the New York he had known thirty years before as he tells the story of Catherine Sloper and her fortune-seeking suitor Morris Townsend. This perceptively drawn human drama is James' most accessible work and an enduring literary triumph.

Washington Square Press' Enriched Classics present the great works of world literature enhanced for the contemporary reader. This edition of Washington Square has been prepared by Peter Conn, Andrea Mitchell Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania. It includes his introduction, notes, selection of critical excerpts, and suggestions for further reading as well as a unique visual essay of period illustrations and photographs.

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Original Title:	Washington Square
ISBN:	0451528719 (ISBN13: 9780451528711)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Morris Townsend, Dr. Sloper, Catherine Sloper
Setting:	New York City, New York(United States) Greenwich Village, New York City, New York(United States)

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My second book by James and I still remain unimpressed when comparing him to Lawrence, Hardy or the Brontë sisters. Even to Austen.I know he writes about different times, different places and with different aims, but even though I appreciate his correct and composed style, I miss the passionate accounts of other classic authors.In "Washington Square" the setting takes place in the late XIXth New York where we are introduced to the Sloper family, consisting basically of the well respected and

I played Catherine in a production of "The Heiress," the stage version of this novel, so I read it and studied it several times. James' ability to analyse the middle to upper middle classes of his era were brilliant. The characters in this novel are shown with all their faults. They are victims of their time and culture, yet each could have made other choices and had other outcomes.

This is a re-read. Although my rating hasn't changed, I thought I'd jot down a few things that occurred to me while listening to this.This is my first experience with a Henry James audiobook, and the feeling was quite different from holding a book in one's hands and letting the eyes do the walking. For one, I found the narrator's voice a surprise: not completely an unpleasant one, but a distinct difference from the voice I heard in my head, when reading it. By this narrator's standards, Sloper

James presents the story of a wealthy doctor's wholly unremarkable daughter, and her whirlwind courtship with an untrustworthy gold digger. While reading this book is certainly not the worst thing that will ever happen to you, the whole experience is a bit like having tea with your Aunt Gertrude: expect a staid, rather dull affair where everyone minds his or her manners, trivialities are discussed, and then all go home . . . lulled into complacency, but still feeling slightly peckish.



An early work by Henry James (1880) and rather brief, The plot is straightforward. Dr Sloper lives with his daughter Catherine and hus widowed sister Mrs Penniman. They live in Washington Square and Sr Sloper is reasonably well off and Catherine also has some money left by her mother. Dr Sloper (and the narrator) describe Catherine as rather plain and unitelligent. Into this family scene enters Morris Townsend, a very handsome and penniless young man who woos Catherine (and charms Mrs Penniman)

Washington Square (1880) was originally published in two different magazines as a serial and Henry James himself didn't really think much of it as a small novel, and I would partly agree with that.Structurally simple in it's approach the story basically recounts a conflict between father and daughter over her wishes to wed a gentleman called Morris Townsend, who he greatly disproves of.The father, Dr. Sloper is a cold but intelligent man who after losing his wife seems to struggle with the