Washington Square

The Penguin English Library Edition of Washington Square by James Hardy "Why, you must take me or leave me ... You can't please your father and me both; you must choose between us" When timid and plain Catherine Sloper acquires a dashing and determined suitor, her father, convinced that the young man is nothing more than a fortune-hunter, decides to put a stop to their romance. Torn between her desire to win her father's love and approval and her passion for the first man who has ever declared his love for her, Catherine faces an agonising dilemma, and becomes all too aware of the restrictions that others seek to place on her freedom. James's masterly novel deftly interweaves the public and private faces of nineteenth-century New York society; it is also a deeply moving study of innocence destroyed. The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.

Product details

• Authors: Henry James
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.12.2011
• EAN: 9780141389493
• ISBN: 978-0-14-138949-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 10 mm
• Series: The Penguin English Library; The Penguin English Library
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature