Washington Square (Unabridged)

Washington Square (Unabridged)

Title: Washington Square (Unabridged)
Author: Henry James
Release: 2015-11-19
Kind: audiobook
Genre: Classics
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Washington Square (Unabridged) Henry James
The battle between a father and a daughter is usually portrayed in literature as a struggle between a headstrong but feisty girl and a tradition-bound lead weight of a father. Henry James, of course, had to do it somewhat differently.

He tells a story of an intelligent man riding the turn of the tide in mid-19th-century New York and watching what he sees as his numbingly dull and conventional daughter making the mistake of her life in her choice of husband.

The fight between these two delicious characters makes this one of James' funniest and most enjoyable of novels, with the suspense carried right up until the last moment as to how the contest will end.

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