Washington Square (Modern Library Classics)

James, Henry

ISBN 10: 0375761225 / ISBN 13: 9780375761225

Edité par Modern Library, 2002

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Synopsis :

Washington Square follows the coming-of-age of its plain-faced, kindhearted heroine, Catherine Sloper. Much to her father’s vexation, a handsome opportunist named Morris Townsend woos the long-suffering heiress, intent on claiming her fortune. When Catherine stubbornly refuses to call off her engagement, Dr. Sloper forces Catherine to choose between her inheritance and the only man she will ever truly love. Cynthia Ozick, in her Introduction to what she calls Henry James’s “most American fiction,” writes that “every line, every paragraph, every chapter [of Washington Square] is a fleet-footed light brigade, an engine of irony.” Precise and understated, this charming novel endures as a matchless study of New York in the mid-nineteenth century.

À propos de l?auteur: Cynthia Ozick, a recipient of a Lannan Award for fiction and a National Book Critics Circle winner for essays, is the author of Trust, The Messiah of Stockholm, The Shawl, and The Puttermesser Papers. She lives in New York.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Washington Square (Modern Library Classics)
Éditeur : Modern Library
Date d'édition : 2002
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : Good