1000 Books Before You Die discussion

Washington Square by Henry James

I was disappointed with this. Nothing much happened, then it ended.

We read this in another group I belong to, and that was pretty much the consensus there, too.

Bryan wrote: "We read this in another group I belong to, and that was pretty much the consensus there, too."

I’m so pleased to see your comment, Bryan. I thought I must have misunderstood the story.

I don't think James was too happy with it himself. Late in life, he re-released all of his major novels (and rewrote a portion of some of them) in a 'New York Edition'--a collector's set, basically. Washington Square was one of the few novels of his he chose not to include in that set.

I'm pretty sure I gave the book three stars--I liked it all right, I suppose, but I didn't think it was great. I probably enjoyed the descriptions of old New York as much as anything.

I don't know if old discussion threads are your thing, but here's a link to our discussion of it:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...