Washington Square (Abridged) Audiobook

" This has got to be one of the more depressing books I've ever read. I read this book after watching the old movie made from this book called "The Heiress" which had Montgomery Cliff and Olivia de Havilland as Catherine and Morris. The movie was great and the book is too. I kept thinking that things would have to turn a corner for poor Catherine, and to an extent I suppose they did in the end. I loved the sense of dignity she had through the entire story, even in the face of all her circumstances. She's a tragic character, but one that I really liked. Anyway, I really recommend this book - the characters are all beautifully done and the story feels very complete. "

" I liked this one more than Daisy Miller. It was interesting to read this one right before reading 'Portrait of a Lady' because of the comments that James makes on the differences between Americans and the British. "

" whoa...comic relief and not much else "

" This is a classic....James is a master at describing real life...in real life time. In other words "it takes some thirty or forty pages worth of such sentences to establish that two dowagers had had tea, and had discussed the upcoming marriage of someone distantly related to them." But you really can get hooked! Not for men...purely a chick book. "

" Pretty good, I guess. It's a bit abstruse but still a good story. "

" I found the author's writing style really unique and at the beginning it was hard to get into the story. But it had some great, humorous lines in it. "

" The second James novel for me. I didn't care for the Turn of the Screw, but this was quite enjoyable; like Jane Austen if she were much more interesting. "

" It's been a long time since I read this book but I thought it was sad and beautiful "

" I liked this - the characters are interesting. I stayed curious about what would happen. I recommend. "

" I don't think James can have liked people much. There's certainly no-one to like in this short book. You might think, being so short, it would be a good introduction to his work, but it somehow lacks the looniness of his later stuff. It's not one to reread, but I suppose important for the canon. "

" I found it a bit boring but I had to read it twice because of the huge number of details. "

" Okay, so this is a rare case where the movie is better than the book (the movie's ending is AWESOME!), but the book is still good. But I learned that you shouldn't let your parents rule your life. And that all guys are jerks. Okay, not really. Just in the 19th century. "

" I was traveling and had this book on my ITouch when I ran out of other options. It was more to my taste than Daisy Miller but still not my favorite Henry James. I did end up liking the heroine but it's hard to relate to the effete New York society and the mean doctor-father that James describes. "

" This book was actually a surprise...I really liked it. I'm looking forward to reading some of his other books (and re-reading the Turn of the Screw). "

" A neatly packaged novel. But I fear my dislike for almost all of the characters will keep me from thinking about this one again. Catherine redeemed herself in terms of my overall reagard in the end, but did not claim a place on my favorite heroines list. "

" I was so proud of myself for reading such a "classic." And I completely enjoyed it, until I was completely disappointed by the ending. "