By: Henry James
This novel tells the story of Catherine Sloper, the plain, obedient daughter of the widowed, well-to-do Dr. August Sloper of Washington Square. When a handsome, reckless man-about-town proposes to Catherine, her father forbids the marriage because...
By: Henry James
After her parents' bitter divorce, young Maisie Farange finds herself shuttled between her selfish mother and vain father, who value her only as a means for provoking each other. And when both take lovers and remarry, Maisie--solitary, observant, and...
By: Henry James
From Henry James, author of The Portrait of a LadyMaisie is an innocent six year-old, torn between her divorced parents, pathetically isolated, yet tragically involved. The only emotional constant in Maisie's life is Mrs. Wix,...
By: Henry James
After the collapse of her marriage to an illustrious German prince, Baroness Eugenia Mnster arrives in America with her brother, in search of wealthy New England relatives. The duo have an immediate impact on their American cousins, the Wentworths....