The Cambridge Edition of the Complete Fiction of Henry James provides, for the first time, a scholarly edition of a major writer whose work continues to be read, quoted, adapted and studied. Published in two volumes in 1880, Washington Square dramatises the plight of Catherine Sloper, a rich heiress, whose father, a successful doctor, identifies her one suitor, Morris Townsend, as a fortune-hunter. The novel thus draws on the sentimental tradition, which it develops with subtle, sympathetic irony, in a realist direction. This edition is the first to provide a full account of the context in which the book was composed and received, and to include the original illustrations by Punch-cartoonist George Du Maurier. Extensive explanatory notes enable modern readers to understand its nuanced historical, cultural and literary references, and its complex textual history.
| ISBN: | 9781009661706 |
| Publication date: | 15th May 2025 |
| Author: | Henry James |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 322 pages |
| Series: | The Cambridge Edition of the Complete Fiction of Henry James |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 |