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Download or read book WASHINGTON SQUARE written by Henry James and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Washington Square is a tragicomedy that recounts the conflict between a dull but sweet daughter and her brilliant, unemotional father. The plot of the novel is based upon a true story told to James by his close friend, British actress Fanny Kemble. The book is often compared with Jane Austen's work for the clarity and grace of its prose and its intense focus on family relationships. Dr. Austin Sloper, a wealthy and highly successful physician, lives in Washington Square, New York with his daughter Catherine. Catherine is a sweet-natured young woman who is a great disappointment to her father, being physically plain and, he believes, dull in terms of personality and intellect. His sister, Lavinia Penniman, a meddlesome woman with a weakness for romance and melodrama, is the only other member of the doctor's household. Henry James (1843–1916) was an American-British writer who spent most of his writing career in Britain. He is regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism.
Download or read book Washington Square The Marriages written by Henry James and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Washington Square is a short novel by Henry James. Originally published in 1880 as a serial in Cornhill Magazine and Harper's New Monthly Magazine, it is a structurally simple tragicomedy that recounts the conflict between a dull but sweet daughter and her brilliant, unemotional father. The plot of the novel is based upon a true story told to James by his close friend, British actress Fanny Kemble. The book is often compared with Jane Austen's work for the clarity and grace of its prose and its intense focus on family relationships. James was not a great fan of Washington Square. He tried to read it over for inclusion in the New York Edition of his fiction (1907-1909) but found that he could not, so the novel was not included. Readers, though, have sufficiently enjoyed the book to make it one of the more popular of James's works. Indeed, and has since been used in schools all over the world. The novel is told in the first person omniscient point of view, and the narrator often offers comments directly to the reader ("though it is an awkward confession to make about one's heroine, I must add she was something of a glutton", Chapter II) The novel begins at a distance from the characters, describing the background of the Sloper family. It then recounts in detail the story of Catherine's romance with Morris Townsend. When Morris jilts her, the focus shifts back to a long view. As the narrator puts it: "Our story has hitherto moved with very short steps, but as it approaches its termination it must take a long stride." The final few chapters are taken once more in short steps, ending with the striking vignette of Catherine's refusal of Morris.
Download or read book Washington Square written by Henry James and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-09-03 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Download or read book Washington Square Annotated Love Sex Marriage Humour written by Henry James and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-12 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: serialized in Harper's Magazine in 1880, Washington Square is considered one of Henry James' maximum well-known (and most on hand) novels. In 1881, Washington Square changed into published in novel shape the identical yr. that Portrait of a Lady become published. Unlike tons of Henry James' work (as an example, Daisy Miller or The Ambassadors), Washington Square is a thoroughly American novel: the characters are American as is the placing. Indeed, Washington Square is the neighborhood wherein Henry James turned into born. The novel makes a specialty of a specific American neighborhood all through a specific historic period. Nonetheless, the fact remains that Henry James did now not write Washington Square from the standpoint of a New Yorker who was a resident of a vintage historic neighborhood. Henry James turned into dwelling in London on the time however he wrote the tale whilst in Paris. In terms of context, it is imperative to situate Washington Square as a thoroughly American e-book that is deliberately written from a distance.If the reader does the math's, it isn't difficult to kind of discern out when Dr. Sloper became born and married, and while Catherine turned into born and whilst she has become engaged. Most of the radical's drama takes place at some stage in the early 1840s, whilst Dr. Sloper is around fifty years old and Catherine is about two decades vintage. By the cease of the unconventional, and Dr. Sloper's death, it is the early 1850s. Civil conflict has erupted, but this does not limit Catherine from saying: "I like surprises. And it's so quiet now." Henry James and his heroine are each nicely-removed shape the actual global of real activities. Just as Henry James has eliminated himself from American politics and society, his characters function inside a bubble. This novel is set Washington Square, but it's far notably insulated from large countrywide issues.The argument has been made on both facets that such insularity is quintessentially American and un-American, an expression of liberty or privacy. What is beyond dispute is that this novel does take extraordinary pains to demonstrate "Old New York" a society that changed into beginning to undergo critical alternate by way of the early 1880s. When James returns to the USA inside the early 1900s, he returns to his adolescence community and reveals that so much has departed. In the confusion of immigration, industrialization and commercialization, the various vintage homes and social circles of Washington Square had disappeared. In his journey narrative, The American Scene, first posted in 1905, James recounts that his birth-residence (the house wherein he changed into born) had been destroyed. Historical money owed suggest that a blouse manufacturing facility stood in area of the house! Clearly Washington Square demonstrates that this community and James' feel of personal non-public records was very vital. Just as Catherine will become a professional on antique customs and a mum or dad of the past, Henry James seeks to record the antique customs of "Old New York" on this painting.
Download or read book Washington Square written by Henry James and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-13 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Washington Square is a tragicomedy that recounts the conflict between a dull but sweet daughter and her brilliant, unemotional father. The plot of the novel is based upon a true story told to James by his close friend, British actress Fanny Kemble. The book is often compared with Jane Austen's work for the clarity and grace of its prose and its intense focus on family relationships. Dr. Austin Sloper, a wealthy and highly successful physician, lives in Washington Square, New York with his daughter Catherine. Catherine is a sweet-natured young woman who is a great disappointment to her father, being physically plain and, he believes, dull in terms of personality and intellect. His sister, Lavinia Penniman, a meddlesome woman with a weakness for romance and melodrama, is the only other member of the doctor's household. Henry James (1843–1916) was an American-British writer who spent most of his writing career in Britain. He is regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism.
Download or read book Washington Square written by Henry Jr. James and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-12-18 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
Download or read book Washington Square written by James H. and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Генри Джеймс – не только один из самых известных классиков мировой литературы, но и ярчайший представитель трансатлантической культуры рубежа XIX и XX веков. Роман "Вашингтонская площадь" по праву считается прекрасным примером американской психологической прозы. В центре романа – трагедия молодой наивной Кэтрин и тема поиска самого себя. Произведение отличается глубоким вниманием к деталям, точной фиксацией тончайших и едва заметных оттенков внутреннего состояния героев. Читайте зарубежную литературу в оригинале!
Download or read book Washington Square The Marriages The Two Magics written by Henry James and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Washington Square is a short novel by Henry James. Originally published in 1880 as a serial in Cornhill Magazine and Harper's New Monthly Magazine. The Turn of the Screw is an 1898 horror novella by Henry James that first appeared in serial format in Collier's Weekly magazine (January 27 - April 16, 1898).
Download or read book Washington Square written by Henry James and published by Standard Ebooks. This book was released on 2024-08-12T20:02:24Z with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catherine Sloper is a shy, plain, and not very clever young lady. She lives with her widowed father, a respected doctor, in Washington Square, a fairly new neighborhood in Greenwich Village. Catherine has a sizable income left by her mother, and stands to inherit a fortune from her father. Men don’t pay much attention to her—until she meets Mr. Townsend. The two quickly become interested in each other, but Catherine’s father disapproves of the match. He has determined that Townsend is an idler and only cares about Catherine’s money. Catherine refuses to give up Townsend, and remains as firmly for him as her father is against him. Her meddlesome aunt, Mrs. Penniman, becomes overly involved, trying to steer each actor according to her own foolish and romantic notions. Henry James considered Washington Square one of his poorer novels, and thought that Catherine was the only good part of it. Later critics received it more favorably. It was adapted into a play, The Heiress, in 1947, and into a film by the same name shortly after. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.
Download or read book Washington Square written by Henry James and published by Manesse Verlag. This book was released on 2014-04-14 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Er liebt sie, er liebt sie nicht, er liebt sie, er liebt sie nicht ... Selten waren Herzensangelegenheiten undurchsichtiger als in diesem Roman. «Washington Square», eines von James’ bekanntesten und beliebtesten Werken, offenbart dessen Meisterschaft in der Analyse menschlicher Abgründe. Die vorliegende Neuübersetzung erschließt die komplexe, anspielungsreiche Sprachwelt des Autors und ermöglicht endlich auch im Deutschen höchsten Lesegenuss. Catherine Sloper ist ein schüchternes, in jeder Hinsicht blasses Mädchen – und eine der besten Partien New Yorks. Als ihr der attraktive Abenteurer Morris Townsend den Hof macht, geht sie bereitwillig auf sein Werben ein. Doch Catherines Vater, zugleich der Verwalter ihres Vermögens, vermutet in Townsend einen Mitgiftjäger und will eine Heirat um jeden Preis verhindern. Hin- und hergerissen zwischen kindlichem Pflichtgefühl und dem Wunsch nach Selbstbehauptung, ringt Catherine um eine Entscheidung. Hin- und hergerissen ist auch der Leser, denn über die wahren Motive aller Beteiligten – des verarmten Bräutigams in spe, der ebenso naiven wie geschmeichelten Braut, des in seiner Autorität verletzten Brautvaters, der sein Vermögen einst selbst durch Heirat erworben hatte – lässt uns Henry James bewusst im Unklaren.
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Download or read book Washington Square written by Henry James and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WHEN the child was about ten years old, he invited his sister, Mrs. Penniman, to come and stay with him. The Miss Slopers had been but two in number, and both of them had married early in life. The younger, Mrs. Almond by name, was the wife of a prosperous merchant, and the mother of a blooming family. She bloomed herself, indeed, and was a comely, comfortable, reasonable woman, and a favourite with her clever brother, who, in the matter of women, even when they were nearly related to him, was a man of distinct preferences. He preferred Mrs. Almond to his sister Lavinia, who had married a poor clergyman, of a sickly constitution and a flowery style of eloquence, and then, at the age of thirty-three, had been left a widow, without children, without fortune-with nothing but the memory of Mr. Penniman's flowers of speech, a certain vague aroma of which hovered about her own conversation. Nevertheless he had offered her a home under his own roof, which Lavinia accepted with the alacrity of a woman who had spent the ten years of her married life in the town of Poughkeepsie. The Doctor had not proposed to Mrs. Penniman to come and live with him indefinitely; he had suggested that she should make an asylum of his house while she looked about for unfurnished lodgings. It is uncertain whether Mrs. Penniman ever instituted a search for unfurnished lodgings, but it is beyond dispute that she never found them. She settled herself with her brother and never went away, and when Catherine was twenty years old her Aunt Lavinia was still one of the most striking features of her immediate entourage. Mrs. Penniman's own account of the matter was that she had remained to take charge of her niece's education. She had given this account, at least, to every one but the Doctor, who never asked for explanations which he could entertain himself any day with inventing. Mrs. Penniman, moreover, though she had a good deal of a certain sort of artificial assurance, shrank, for indefinable reasons, from presenting herself to her brother as a fountain of instruction. She had not a high sense of humour, but she had enough to prevent her from making this mistake; and her brother, on his side, had enough to excuse her, in her situation, for laying him under contribution during a considerable part of a lifetime.
Download or read book Washington Square written by Henry James and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-07 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WHEN the child was about ten years old, he invited his sister, Mrs. Penniman, to come and stay withhim. The Miss Slopers had been but two in number, and both of them had married early inlife. The younger, Mrs. Almond by name, was the wife of a prosperous merchant, and the motherof a blooming family. She bloomed herself, indeed, and was a comely, comfortable, reasonablewoman, and a favourite with her clever brother, who, in the matter of women, even when they werenearly related to him, was a man of distinct preferences. He preferred Mrs. Almond to his sisterLavinia, who had married a poor clergyman, of a sickly constitution and a flowery style of eloquence, and then, at the age of thirty-three, had been left a widow, without children, without fortune-withnothing but the memory of Mr. Penniman's flowers of speech, a certain vague aroma of whichhovered about her own conversation. Nevertheless he had offered her a home under his own roof, which Lavinia accepted with the alacrity of a woman who had spent the ten years of her married lifein the town of Poughkeepsie. The Doctor had not proposed to Mrs. Penniman to come and livewith him indefinitely; he had suggested that she should make an asylum of his house while shelooked about for unfurnished lodgings. It is uncertain whether Mrs. Penniman ever instituted asearch for unfurnished lodgings, but it is beyond dispute that she never found them. She settledherself with her brother and never went away, and when Catherine was twenty years old her AuntLavinia was still one of the most striking features of her immediate entourage. Mrs. Penniman's ownaccount of the matter was that she had remained to take charge of her niece's education. She hadgiven this account, at least, to every one but the Doctor, who never asked for explanations which hecould entertain himself any day with inventing. Mrs. Penniman, moreover, though she had a gooddeal of a certain sort of artificial assurance, shrank, for indefinable reasons, from presenting herselfto her brother as a fountain of instructio
Download or read book Washington Square Annotated written by Henry James and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-05-07 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Washington Square is a short novel by Henry James. Originally published in 1880 as a serial in Cornhill Magazine and Harper's New Monthly Magazine, it is a structurally simple tragicomedy that recounts the conflict between a dull but sweet daughter and her brilliant, unemotional father. The plot of the novel is based upon a true story told to James by his close friend, British actress Fanny Kemble.The book is often compared with Jane Austen's work for the clarity and grace of its prose and its intense focus on family relationships.
Download or read book Daisy Miller written by Henry James and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2011-11-14 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry James’s Daisy Miller was an immediate sensation when it was first published in 1878 and has remained popular ever since. In this novella, the charming but inscrutable young American of the title shocks European society with her casual indifference to its social mores. The novella was popular in part because of the debates it sparked about foreign travel, the behaviour of women, and cultural clashes between people of different nationalities and social classes. This Broadview edition presents an early version of James’s best-known novella within the cultural contexts of its day. In addition to primary materials about nineteenth-century womanhood, foreign travel, medicine, philosophy, theatre, and art—some of the topics that interested James as he was writing the story—this volume includes James’s ruminations on fiction, theatre, and writing, and presents excerpts of Daisy Miller as he rewrote it for the theatre and for a much later and heavily revised edition.
Download or read book Old New York Four Book Collection written by Edith Wharton and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-12-10 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Old New York (1924) is a collection of four novellas by Edith Wharton, revolving around upper-class New York City society in the 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, and 1870s. The novellas reveal the tribal codes and customs that ruled society, portrayed with the keen style that is uniquely Edith Wharton's. Originally published in 1924 and long out of print, these tales are vintage Wharton, dealing boldly with such themes as infidelity, illegitimacy, jealousy, the class system, and the condition of women in society Included in this remarkable quartet are False Dawn, The Old Maid, The Spark, and New Year's Day. The decades indicated in the subtitles to the stories make them prequels, after a fashion, to The Age of Innocence. All five might as well be cut from the same bolt of cloth, sharing settings, characters, social insight, a similar knowing eye for a telling detail. Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer. She became known for her psychological examination of characters faced with changes in the moral and social values of middle-class and upper-class society. Her novels and short stories provide numerous expert characterizations of complex men and women.
