When I first came cross this book ,I had not thought that it is a love story .After finished this book ,I have sympathy for the main character--Catherine.She was born in a wealth family ,her father is a flourish person with elegance and wisdom.He proposes to himself to make the best of her.Catherine "aunt ,Mrs .Penniman,take care of her in her grown time.When she is 20 years old ,a gentleman named Morris Townsend pursuits her .However ,her father looks deep in him with his experience and concludes that he is a selfish man who just care about his daughter "money .Therefore, he against Catherine connecting him any more. During this time ,her aunt interferes in their relationship, helping Morris Townsend secretly.
As time passes ,Catherine still has strong feeling for Morris Townsend and determines to engages with him ,ignore her father" will. Her father declares that she will not receive any money from him,of course Morris knows this news and he is disappointed that his dream falls apart ,he breaks up the engagement with Catherine. Catherine is heartbroken ,she has done all the things she can do.From them on ,she regulates her days upon a system of her own ,interested herself in charity organizations,hospitals and aid societies,she gains honor among people.Through all her life ,she does not get married ,her father has passed away.Morris comes back without any success,he wants to have her back.How much has her lived ,she has known whose the person he is.She refuses,picking up her piece of fancy work ,has seated herself with it again ---for life ,as it were.
There is something common in our life ,Catherine has devoted all her life to this painful love ,she loves the wrong man,she has not efforts to love another person.This is a sensible story which touches me a lot.Something in this world can not be explained.Life teaches us everything.
《Washington Square》的讀後感
When I first came cross this book ,I had not thought that it is a love story .After finished this book ,I have sympathy for the main character--Catherine.She was born in a wealth family ,her father is a flourish person with elegance and wisdom.He proposes to himself to make the best of her.Catherine "aunt ,Mrs .Penniman,take care of her in her grown time.When she is 20 years old ,a gentleman named Morris Townsend pursuits her .However ,her father looks deep in him with his experience and concludes that he is a selfish man who just care about his daughter "money .Therefore, he against Catherine connecting him any more. During this time ,her aunt interferes in their relationship, helping Morris Townsend secretly.
As time passes ,Catherine still has strong feeling for Morris Townsend and determines to engages with him ,ignore her father" will. Her father declares that she will not receive any money from him,of course Morris knows this news and he is disappointed that his dream falls apart ,he breaks up the engagement with Catherine. Catherine is heartbroken ,she has done all the things she can do.From them on ,she regulates her days upon a system of her own ,interested herself in charity organizations,hospitals and aid societies,she gains honor among people.Through all her life ,she does not get married ,her father has passed away.Morris comes back without any success,he wants to have her back.How much has her lived ,she has known whose the person he is.She refuses,picking up her piece of fancy work ,has seated herself with it again ---for life ,as it were.
There is something common in our life ,Catherine has devoted all her life to this painful love ,she loves the wrong man,she has not efforts to love another person.This is a sensible story which touches me a lot.Something in this world can not be explained.Life teaches us everything.
《華盛頓廣場》：十九世紀美國婚戀悲劇故事。
這部發生在十九世紀美國紐約，主題為愛情婚姻的小說，其結局不妨用海明威的一部短篇小說集的書名來概括：贏家一無所得。作為父親的斯潑洛醫生固然以他的精明與冷漠，成功阻撓了女兒凱瑟琳和別有用心的莫里斯·湯森德的結合，但也斷送了女兒一生的幸福。受到父親和情人雙重傷害的凱瑟琳因此而心灰意冷，不再相信愛情，最終是選擇了孤獨終老。
其實，斯潑洛醫生雖然過於冷酷無情，但說不上有錯；而凱瑟琳愛上一個一心想染指她的財產的男子，也可以說沒有錯。錯就錯在愛情是盲目的，讓她喜歡上了一個不值得她去愛的人。也許斯潑洛醫生應該成全自己的女兒，讓她和虛偽的莫里斯結婚，那麼凱瑟琳就會成為一個幸福的女人，儘管這種幸福可能是極為短暫的，因為莫里斯隨時會原形畢露。
此書有著英國作家簡·奧斯汀小說的風格痕跡（畢竟簡·奧斯汀擅長這類婚戀題材作品，如她的代表作《傲慢與偏見》即是），但據說亨利·詹姆斯對簡·奧斯汀並無特別推崇之意。儘管並非亨利·詹姆斯的經典之作，這部小說還是被導演格涅絲卡·霍蘭看中，拍成了電影，1997年在美國上映。