Washington Square

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Paperback, 110 pages

English language

Published March 21, 2007 by Neeland Media LLC.

ISBN:
978-1-4209-2782-5
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2 stars (1 review)

The plot of Washington Square has the simplicity of old-fashioned melodrama: a plain-looking, good-hearted young woman, the only child of a rich widower, is pursued by a charming but unscrupulous man who seeks the wealth she will presumably inherit. On this premise, Henry James constructed one of his most memorable novels, a story in which love is answered with betrayal and loyalty leads inexorably to despair." -- from the Introduction by Peter Conn

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2 stars

I kept reading hoping that at some point the plot would start. It never did. Washington Square was a tiresome, long anecdote about the boring problems of annoying rich people. If this is the most liked and accessible Henry Hames novel, I'd hate to see what the others are like.

I read this book thinking that since I was visiting NYC it would be nice to read a local book. However it has no sense of place. Everything is vague interiority. I hate all the main characters.

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  • Fiction / General