Henry James

Gebundenes Buch

Washington Square

Beschreibung

When Catherine Sloper falls for Maurice Townsend, her father, a wealthy New York doctor, believes that Townsend is a fortune hunter after his daughterâ s inheritance. He forbids the marriage but Catherine persists in her affection, encouraged by her foolish aunt Lavinia who has a weakness for Maurice herself.

Autor

Henry James was born on 15th April 1843 in Washington Place, New York to a wealthy and intellectual family and as a youth travelled between Europe and America. His first novel, Watch and Ward, was published in 1871 after first appearing serially in Atlantic Monthly. After a brief period in Paris, James moved first to London and then later to Rye in Sussex. He became a British citizen in 1915 to declare his loyalty to his adopted country as well as to protest against America's refusal to enter the war on behalf of Britain. Henry James was a prolific writer and critic and from around 1875 until his death he maintained a strenuous schedule of publications in a variety of genres: novels, short story collections, literary criticism, travel writing, biography and autobiography. He died in 1916.

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Produktdetails

• Everyman's Library CLASSICS
• Verlag: Everyman
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 133mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 354g
• ISBN-13: 9781841593524
• ISBN-10: 1841593524
• Artikelnr.: 36742219