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Washington Square

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Penguin, Apr 6, 2004 - Fiction - 240 pages
What Catherine Sloper lacks in brains and beauty, she makes up for by being "very good." The handsome Morris Townsend would do anything to win her hand-even if it means pretending that he loves the homely ingénue, and cares nothing for her opulent wealth.

 


  

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I love his writing style. - Goodreads
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User Review  - Farnoosh Brock - Goodreads

Strangely addictive and impossible to put down, this novel grows on you like persistent ivy, takes you down the path of a deliciously and slowly narrated story, and in the end leaves you completely ... Read full review

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User Review  - Kilian Metcalf - Goodreads

I remember seeing the movie version of this story when I was a adolescent and about on par with the silly aunt in my understanding and desire to make a tragic romance out it. Now as a mature adult, I ... Read full review

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About the author (2004)

Henry James was born the son of a religious philosopher in New York City in 1843. His famous works include The Portrait of a Lady, Washington Square, Daisy Miller, and The Turn of the Screw. He died in London in 1916, and is buried in the family plot in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM is the author of the novels A Home at the End of the World, Flesh and Blood, The Hours (which won the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award) and Specimen Days. He lives in New York. Visit him online at www.michaelcunninghamwriter.com.

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