Washington Square

Henry James, Cynthia Ozick

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Modern Library Inc
03 March 2003

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Series: Modern Library Classics

"Precise and understated, WASHINGTON SQUARE endures as a matchless social study of New York in the mid-nineteenth century.

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."

By: Henry James
Introduction by: Cynthia Ozick
Imprint: Modern Library Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 201mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 238g
ISBN: 9780375761225
ISBN 10: 0375761225
Series: Modern Library Classics
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 03 March 2003
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.