Dr. Austin Sloper, a clever and ironic New York physician, has never thought much of his shy, plain daughter Catherine. When the handsome, penniless Morris Townsend begins courting her, encouraged by her romantic aunt Mrs. Penniman, the doctor threatens to disinherit her, and a battle of wills begins in the quiet house on Washington Square.
One of James’s most accessible novels, from 1880, later adapted as the play and film The Heiress. Download the free EPUB.