

Washington Square
Author: Henry James
Narrator: Lloyd James
Unabridged: 7 hr 15 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 01/01/2006
Author: Henry James
Narrator: Lloyd James
Unabridged: 7 hr 15 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 01/01/2006
“If you are going to be pushed, you had better jump.” Almost everyone in this book is awful, but I... think I liked it? I read Henry James once, years ago, and I picked The Turn of the Screw, which turned out to be a bad decision. It put me off for a long time. I also hear that James gets a little......more
[Revised, pictures and shelves added 4/15/22] Here we are in New York City in the mid-1880s, a bit before Edith Wharton’s time, but in the same social milieu. This is a kind of novel of manners and kind of a mid-19th Century soap opera. Our author is Henry James, so be prepared for the long, convolut......more
Time the late 1840's in New York City, Catherine Sloper a twenty-one -year- old woman, is the daughter of a prominent and wealthy doctor, you'd think all the young men would be trying to marry her but Catherine is plain of face and very shy. There's a good probability, that she'll remain a spinster......more
I love this book so much I can't bear it. As someone who adores just about every last word that Henry James (over-) wrote, it has never gotten any more deliciously (un-)satisfying than this -- a slim, tart little novel about plain, socially unpromising Catherine Sloper, whose wealthy father refuses......more