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Henry James’ “Washington Square” is a masterful work of fiction that explores themes of love, betrayal, and familial duty. Through his use of vivid imagery, complex character development, and expertly crafted dialogue, James draws readers into the world of 19th century New York society, weaving a tale that is both suspenseful and deeply emotional.
Henry James. Wordsworth Editions, 2001 - Fiction - 154 pages. Introduction and Notes by Ian F.A. Bell, Professor of English Literature, University of Keele. Washington Square marks the culmination of James's apprentice period as a novelist. With sharply focused attention upon just four principal characters, James provides an acute analysis of ...
Throughout Henry James’s 1880 novel Washington Square, 22-year-old heiress Catherine Sloper equates her welfare and happiness with pleasing her father, the clever, disdainful Dr. Sloper: “She was extremely fond of her father and very much afraid of him […] Her deepest desire was to please him, and her conception of happiness was to know ...
Set in New York City in the 1840s, this celebrated novel tells the story of Catherine Sloper, the docile and affectionate daughter of a well-to-do physician, who appears destined for a lifetime of spinsterhood with only the companionship of her sardonic father and fatuous aunt.When a flurry of attention from an attractive suitor causes the plain and unremarkable Catherine to fall deeply in ...
Washington Square (titre original : Washington Square) est un roman d' Henry James, d'abord publié sous forme de feuilleton dans le Cornhill Magazine et le Harper's New Monthly à partir de décembre 1880 .
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.
Henry James nos brinda una obra magistral, en la que la complejidad de los personajes y la profundidad de la trama nos cautivan desde la primera página. Consideraciones Finales Washington Square es una novela imprescindible para los amantes de la literatura clásica y contemporánea, que nos brinda un profundo análisis de la sociedad neoyorquina del siglo XIX a través de los ojos de sus ...
