![]() ![]() Read more of his shorter fiction are already published in Everyman's Library. Torn in different directions by her cruel, uptight father and her silly, romantic aunt, Catherine attempts to follow her heart and become her own woman. Six novels by Henry James and two volumes. Washington Square is the story of a young women, Catherine Sloper, who falls in love with a beautiful young man who may or may not be a fortune-hunter. ![]() The book is a vivid study of the four central characters drawn in what are, for this author, unusually strong primary colours. Dr Sloper takes Catherine abroad to distract her from the infatuation, but she proves to be as stubborn as her father. He forbids the marriage but Catherine persists in her affection, encouraged by her foolish aunt Lavinia who has a weakness for Maurice herself. When Catherine Sloper falls for Maurice Townsend, her father, a wealthy New York doctor, believes that Townsend is a fortune hunter after his daughter's inheritance. By that time, James rarely made trips back to the land of. He forbids the marriage but Catherine persists in her affection, encouraged by her foolish aunt Lavinia who has a weakness for Maurice herself. Washington Square, published in 1881, is an unusual novel for Henry James in that he located its setting in the United States. ![]() Description for Washington Square Hardcover. ![]()
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