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. The conflict between father, daughter, and suitor provokes consequences in the lives of all three that make this story one of James's most piercingly memorable.
- ISBN10 0743421892
- ISBN13 9780743421898
- Publish Date 5 March 2009 (first published 24 June 1999)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Simon & Schuster
- Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
- Pages 266
- Language English