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Washington Square

Author
Henry James
Read by
Eloise Fairfax
Language
English
Length
6 hours 44 minutes
ISBN
9781802560077
Published
10 August 2024
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Catherine Sloper
  • 19th-century New York
  • domineering father
  • love
  • deception
  • Morris Townsend
  • social observation
  • psychological depth
  • self-discovery
  • familial conflict

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"Washington Square" by Henry James delves into the quiet yet intense world of Catherine Sloper, a plain but tender-hearted young woman living under the shadow of her domineering father, Dr. Austin Sloper, in 19th-century New York. When the charming but fortune-seeking Morris Townsend courts her, Catherine's hopes for love clash with her father's stern disapproval. Through keen social observation and psychological depth, James unravels a poignant tale of love, deception, and self-discovery in the heart of Washington Square.

Author

Henry James (1843–1916) is among the supreme novelists in English — an American who made Europe his stage and consciousness his subject. In The Portrait of a Lady, The Ambassadors, and The Wings of the Dove he traced Americans abroad through drawing rooms, secrets, and moral choice with unmatched psychological precision. James wrote sentences that think: long, exacting, and alive to every shade of feeling between people.

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