Washington Square

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Washington Square

Author : Henry James

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Highlights

English

Language

NA

Edition

224

Pages

9780140432268

ISBN-13

0140432268

ISBN-10

Faber And Faber Penguin India

Publisher

176 mm

Height

110 mm

Width

14 mm

Thickness

Paperback

Binding

Description

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 Catherines fortune and future inheritance. The conflict between 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 Catherines 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 Jamess most piercingly memorable.