{"product_id":"9780141441368-washington-square","title":"Washington Square","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen timid and plain Catherine Sloper is courted by the dashing and determined Morris Townsend, her father, convinced that the young man is nothing more than a fortune-hunter, delivers an ultimatum: break off her engagement, or be stripped of her inheritance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenry James's classic tale of romance in urban nineteenth-century America, \u003ci\u003eWashington Square\u003c\/i\u003e is edited with an introduction and notes by Martha Banta in Penguin Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen timid and plain Catherine Sloper is courted by the dashing and determined Morris Townsend, her father, convinced that the young man is nothing more than a fortune-hunter, delivers an ultimatum: break off her engagement, or be stripped of her inheritance. Torn between her desire to win her father's love and approval and her passion for the only 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition of \u003ci\u003eWashington Square\u003c\/i\u003e includes a chronology, suggested further reading, notes and an introduction discussing the novel's lasting influence and James's depiction of the quiet strength of his heroine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenry James (1843-1916) son of a prominent theologian, and brother to the philosopher William James, was one of the most celebrated novelists of the \u003ci\u003efin-de-siècle\u003c\/i\u003e. His novella 'Daisy Miller' (1878) established him as a literary figure on both sides of the Atlantic, and his other novels in Penguin Classics include \u003ci\u003eWashington Square\u003c\/i\u003e (1880), \u003ci\u003eThe Portrait of a Lady\u003c\/i\u003e (1881), \u003ci\u003eThe Awkward Age\u003c\/i\u003e (1899), \u003ci\u003eThe Wings of the Dove \u003c\/i\u003e(1902), \u003ci\u003eThe Ambassadors\u003c\/i\u003e (1903) and \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Bowl\u003c\/i\u003e (1904).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you enjoyed \u003ci\u003eWashington Square\u003c\/i\u003e, you might like Edith Wharton's \u003ci\u003eThe House of Mirth\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eWashington Square\u003c\/i\u003e is a perfectly balanced novel. a work of surpassing refinement and interest'\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth Hardwick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Perhaps the only novel in which a man has successfully invaded the feminine field and produced a work comparable to Jane Austen's'\u003cbr\u003eGraham Greene\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450546762102,"sku":"9780141441368","price":7.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36622695.jpg?v=1760662758","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141441368-washington-square","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}