His thoughts are still much occupied with his beloved wife and with a promising son who died before Catherine was born, and he privately – but bitterly – resents his only surviving child for causing his wife's death. She adores her father and tries hard to please him, but he considers her a disappointment and treats her with ironic condescension. As a child, Catherine is overweight, clumsy, and untalented however, she is also a sweet, affectionate child. His wife dies in childbirth, leaving a daughter, Catherine, to be raised by her father. Austin Sloper is a doctor and resident of a large house on New York's Washington Square. The film was a critical success, but a commercial failure.ĭr. The screenplay by Carol Doyle is based on Henry James' novel of the same name, which was filmed as The Heiress in 1949. Two appendices: extract from James's journal recounting the story told him by Fanny Kemble on which the stroy of the book is based and an account of stage and film versions of the book.Washington Square is a 1997 American romantic drama film directed by Agnieszka Holland, and starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, Albert Finney, Ben Chaplin, Maggie Smith and Judith Ivey.Introduction and Notes by James scholar Adrian Poole.Includes a discussion of stage and film adaptations of the novel.
Includes James's journal entry in which he recounts the anecdote told him by Fanny Kemble which gave the book its story.Up-to-date bibliography and illuminating notes.Adrian Poole's excellent introduction shows how James's apparently simple story carries a great depth of meaning and understanding he discusses its origins and influences, its historical and geographical location, and the delineation of character.Washington Square is one of the most instantly appealing of James's early masterpieces, a tale of a trapped daughter and domineering father that has to do with money and love and innocence.This new edition of James's most enduringly popular work offers more information than any previous edition. Her clever father is implacably opposed to the match, and the scene for a classic confrontation is set. Catherine Sloper is heiress to a fortune and is easily overwhelmed by the attentions of a handsome but penniless suitor.
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