Washington Square

Name: Washington Square
Brand: Recyclivre
Author: Varios Autores
ISBN: 9780199536160

Varios Autores

08/05/2008
Oxford University Press

NC (0 avis)

Couverture de Washington Square par Varios Autores

Résumé

The inspiration of James's Washington Square (1881) was an anecdote told him by Fanny Kemble about a jilted heiress. The only child of a rich New York physician, shy, unattractive Catherine Sloper falls an easy victim to the attentions of a good-looking fortune-hunter. The clever domineering father whom she adores attempts to blight Catherine's feelings for her suitor, only to succeed in blighting her affection for him. Meanwhile, her meddling aunt, intent on stirring the fires of romance, threatens to turn Catherine's tragic experience into farce.