Washington Square
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.
- First scholarly edition of Washington Square
- Substantial explanatory notes provide a richer biographical and socio-historical context than ever before
- Includes all original illustrations by George Du Maurier
Product details
May 2025Paperback
9781009661706
322 pages
229 × 152 mm
Not yet published - available from May 2025
Table of Contents
- General editors' preface
- General chronology of James's life and writings
- Introduction
- Textual introduction
- Chronology of composition and production
- Bibliography
- Washington Square
- Glossary of foreign words and phrases
- Notes
- Textual variants
- List of emendations
- Appendices.