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Washington Square is a novel by American author Henry James published in 1880. It is a novel of manners, which turns on individual choices amidst social constraints and expectations, a style typical of James. The novel focuses on the romance between Catherine Sloper, a wealthy young woman in line to inherit even more from her father, and Morris ...
"Washington Square is perhaps the only novel in which a man has successfully invaded the feminine field and produced work comparable to Jane Austen’s," said Graham Greene. Inspired by a story Henry James heard at a dinner party, Washington Square tells how the rakish but idle Morris Townsend tries to win the heart of heiress Catherine Sloper against the objections of her father.
3 de jun. de 2013 · Henry James’s “Washington Square” wasn’t a particular favorite of its author. James called the short novel “poorish” and, in a letter to his daunting older brother, William, wrote ...
3 de jun. de 2019 · Washington Square di Henry James. Washington Square. di Henry James. Catherine è la figlia del ricco ereditiere Austin Sloper, vedovo dalla nascita della bambina, cresciuta dal padre con evidente ...
Appears in 12 books from 1880-2005. Page 15 - The ideal of quiet and of genteel retirement, in 1835, was found in Washington Square, where the doctor built himself a handsome, modern, wide-fronted house, with a big balcony before the drawing-room windows, and a flight of white marble steps ascending to a portal which was also faced with white ...
31 de jan. de 2002 · Washington Square, publié en 1880, est l'un de ses premiers romans. Inspiré par le travail De Balzac dans la Comédie Humaine, Henry James dépeint la société new-yorkaise dans une comédie dramatique de facture réaliste, mettant en scène quatre personnages principaux : une jeune femme à marier, son père, une tante intrigante et un prétendant.
It was a regular custom with the family in Washington Square to go and spend Sunday evening at Mrs. Almond’s. On the Sunday after the conversation I have just narrated, this custom was not intermitted and on this occasion, towards the middle of the evening, Dr. Sloper found reason to withdraw to the library, with his brother-in-law, to talk over a matter of business.
