Second Hand Washington Square
Author(s): Henry James; Mark Le Fanu (Editor)
Washington Squarefollows 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 Squareis 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.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- : Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- : 0.17
- : 01 July 1998
- : 1.1 Centimeters X 12.9 Centimeters X 19.6 Centimeters
- : books
Special Fields
- : Henry James; Mark Le Fanu (Editor)
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 813/.4
- : 240