Washington Square -

Henry James

Penguin Modern Classics

2007

175 páginas

5h 50m

ISBN-10: 0140019200

Washington Square is one of Henry James’s most appealing and popular novels, with the most straightforward plot and style of any of his works.

Set in the genteel New York of James’s early childhood, it is a tale of cruelty laced with comedy. Dr. Austin Sloper is a wealthy and domineering father who is disappointed in the unremarkable daughter he has produced; he dismisses her as both plain and simpleminded. The gentle and dutiful Catherine Sloper has always been in awe of her father, but when she falls in love with Morris Townsend, a penniless charmer whom Dr. Sloper accuses of being a fortune hunter, she dares to defy him and a battle of wills ensues that will leave her forever changed. Readers have long admired the way that the innocent Catherine, misled by her meddling aunt and mistreated by both her father and her lover, grows in strength and wisdom over the course of her ordeal.

Resenhas (2)

4 (Muito bom)

Elogiado por retratar a complicada relação entre um pai teimoso e sua filha. A personagem principal do romance, Catherine Sloper, mora com sua tia viúva e seu pai médico no elegante bairro de Washington Square, em Nova York. Uma jovem simples e impassível, Catherine é uma decepção para o pai. Ela é cortejada por Morris Townsend, que está interessado apenas em sua potencial herança.