by Henry James · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140621921
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«Washington Square» is the classic novel by Henry James, published by Penguin Classics in paperback (192 pages, in English).
Catherine Sloper, a young New York heiress of the nineteenth century, is considered by her father, Dr. Sloper, to be unintelligent and unattractive. When the handsome and ruined Morris Townsend courts her, Catherine falls in love, but her father suspects he is only after her money. The paternal prohibition triggers a conflict that forces her to mature.
English edition from the Penguin Popular Classics collection. Washington Square was originally published in 1880.
Recommended for readers of nineteenth-century American classics seeking a novel of family conflicts and psychological depth.
Henry James was an American-British author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. He was the son of theologian Henry James Sr. and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James.
