Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

Offer ends May 1st, 2024 11:59PM GMT. Terms and conditions apply.
£7.99/month after 3 months. Renews automatically.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Washington Square cover art

Washington Square

By: Henry James
Narrated by: Magda Allani
Get this deal Try for £0.00

Pay £99p/month. After 3 months pay £7.99/month. Renews automatically. See terms for eligibility.

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £15.99

Buy Now for £15.99

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Listeners also enjoyed...

The Tragic Muse cover art
The Spoils of Poynton cover art
Lady Chatterley's Lover cover art
New Grub St cover art
Daisy Miller cover art
The Bostonians cover art
The American cover art
The Europeans cover art
The Golden Bowl cover art
The Aspern Papers cover art
The Wings of the Dove cover art
The Portrait of a Lady cover art
The Ambassadors cover art
Train Station Bride: Prairie Romance cover art
Persuasion (Seasons Edition: Summer) cover art
Jane Austen's Greatest Novels cover art

Summary

Catherine Sloper, the heroine of this tragicomic tale set in mid-19th century New York, is absolutely ordinary in every way except for her exceptional capacities in love and loyalty. These latter qualities are of no interest to her father, the successful society Doctor who is constantly disappointed by his daughter's failure to be brilliant, either physically or intellectually. For this reason, he is highly suspicious when Morris Townsend begins to woo her and is convinced the handsome young man's interest is only in the fortune Catherine will eventually inherit.

The young woman's virtues and her ardent heart thus become a battleground fought over by two highly egotistical men. Henry James keeps us guessing all along whether either of them feel any love or real concern for the woman in question and with subtle wit exposes the savagery underlying social veneers.

This is a story with great psychological insight and might arguably be considered an exposé of narcissistic personality disorder in action.

Public Domain (P)2020 Magda Allani

What listeners say about Washington Square

Average customer ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.