Washington Square

Henry James

⏱ 8 minAmerican classic

A plain, good, dull heiress is courted by a charming fortune-hunter and forbidden by her witty, contemptuous father, and, wounded by both men who should have loved her, hardens into a still dignity. James's clear, cruel little tragedy.

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