Washington Square

Henry James (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

96 Seiten

2000 | New ed of Abridged ed
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-423052-0 (ISBN)

Infos

When a handsome young man begins to court Catherine Sloper, she feels she is very lucky. But in New York, in the 1840s, young ladies are not free to marry where they please. Catherine must have her father's permission, and Dr Sloper is a rich man. One day, Catherine will have a fortune of 30,000 dollars a year.

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When a handsome young man begins to court Catherine Sloper, she feels she is very lucky. She is a quiet, gentle girl, but neither beautiful nor clever; no one had ever admired her before, or come to the front parlour of her home in Washington Square to whisper soft words of love to her. But in New York in the 1840s young ladies are not free to marry where they please. Catherine must have her father's permission, and Dr Sloper is a rich man. One day Catherine will have a fortune of 30,000 dollars a year ...

Autor

Henry James (1843-1916) was a US novelist, who settled in Europe in 1875. Many of his novels explore the contrast between the American and European character.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.7.2000
• Co-Autor: Kieran McGovern
• Zusatzinfo: black and white line illustrations
• Verlagsort: Oxford
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• ISBN-10: 0-19-423052-X / 019423052X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-19-423052-0 / 9780194230520
• Zustand: Neuware