Washington Square -

Henry James

Penguin

2012

219 páginas

7h 18m

ISBN-13: 9780141389493

When timid and plain Catherine Sloper acquires a dashing and determined suitor, her father, convinced that the young man is nothing more than a fortune-hunter, decides to put a stop to their romance. Torn between her desire to win her father's love and approval and her passion for the first 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.

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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.