Washington Square (Penguin Classics)
Contributors: Philip Horne (Editor); Professor Martha Banta (Editor, Introduction)
Edition: New Ed. / edition
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: December 18, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780141441368
Subjects: 19th century fiction; James, Henry, 1843-1916; Fiction; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Literature: Classics; Classics; Literary; Fiction / Classics; New York (N.Y.); Social life and customs
Description: "Back when New York was still young, so was heiress Catherine Sloper. A simple, plain girl, she grew up in opulence with a disappointed father and a fluttery aunt in a grand house on Washington Square. Enter Morris Townsend, a handsome charmer who assures Catherine he loves her for herself and not for her money. But Catherine?s revered father sees in Townsend what she cannot. Now, with her tearful aunt Penniman as his amusingly melodramatic ally, Townsend will present Catherine with the hardest choice of her young life.?" -- from publisher's website.