num_pages: 240
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 Catherine's 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 James's most piercingly memorable.
language: English
title: Washington Square
titlecomplete: Washington Square (Oxford World's Classics)
characters: Catherine Sloper, Dr. Sloper, Morris Townsend
genres: Classics, New York, Fiction, Novels, Classic Literature, Romance, Historical Fiction, Literature, 19th Century, American
ratings_count: 22685
places: New York City, New York, Greenwich Village, New York City, New York
publisher: Oxford University Press/ World's Classics