The story of a year was first published in The Atlantic Monthly in . Its next publication in book form was part of the collection The American Novels and Stories of Henry James, edited and with an introduction, by F.O. Matthiessen. published by Knopf in New York, 1947. This is the first of four stories that James wrote with the hallmarks of Henry James's Washington Square 1880, moving away from the flat, socially representative characters of his early novels. The novel also signals a move toward more individualized characters and suggests James' interest in the responsibility that individuals bear for the quality of their communities, societies, and cultures. the result of, Washington Square by Henry JAMES, 1843 - 1916 by General Fiction AudiobooksWashington SquareHenry JAMES 1843 - 1916 Washington Square is a short novel by. In the mid-19th century, a naive young woman, Catherine Sloper, lives with her father, Dr. Austin Sloper, in a beautiful house in New York's Washington Square. Dr. Sloper considers his daughter boring and unattractive, especially in comparison to his late wife, her mother. His sister, a widow named Lavinia, also stays with them. Welcome everyone to our discussion of “Washington Square.” ". It's the first time the book club has chosen Henry James, a selection made to mark the opening of "The Heiress" on Broadway, an adaptation of the novel by the husband-and-wife team of Augustus and Ruth Goetz , who also directed the screenplay. for the. Title: Washington Square Author: Henry James Release Date: eBook 2870, This file was first published on, Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US US-ASCII. START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WASHINGTON SQUAREThe plot revolves around an ordinary story: Catherine has a suitor. Not a lover, just a suitor, obviously they had suitors in those days. And woe betide, Catherine's suitor is a handsome guy.