A plain, sweet heiress is caught between her cold, brilliant father and a charming suitor in 19th-century New York society.
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A plain, sweet heiress is caught between her cold, brilliant father and a charming suitor in 19th-century New York society.
Washington Square is a short novel by Henry James. Originally published in 1880 as a serial in Cornhill Magazine and Harper's New Monthly Magazine, it is a structurally simple tragicomedy that recounts the conflict between a dull but sweet daughter and her brilliant, unemotional father
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Courtship and romantic attraction; no on-page intimacy
No violence present
No profanity present
Brief period social drinking at dinners and gatherings
No LGBTQ+ representation present
Passing references to church and Christian society
No magic or witchcraft present
No occult content present
Recurring themes of class, wealth, and women's limited agency
No self-harm or suicide content
Central parental emotional cruelty and psychological control
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