Washington Square -

Henry James

Modern Library

2002

288 páginas

9h 36m

ISBN-13: 9780375761225

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.

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.