WASHINGTON SQUARE

Author: Henry, James
Publisher: China Book Company
Publish Date: 2002-07-01
Features: The shy and sweet daughter of a well-to-do physician, Catherine Sloper seems destined for lifelong spinsterhood until the sudden appearance of a dashing suitor who proposes marriage. Her adored father suspects she would be defiance of fortune-hunting and threatens her with disinheritance, forcing Catherine to choose between lover and father. Setting his novel in New York City of the 1840s, James masterfully explores the moral consequences of a tender heart’s ruthless manipulation.