These week I decided to change other book to read which is called Washington Square.
The writer of this book is Henry James and retold by Jane Rollason.
And this book is at elementary level .There are about 600 basic words in it.
The main story is about a woman whose name is Catherine.Catherine lives in a quiet life with her father and ant in a nice house in a quiet corner of New York.Catherine's father,Dr. Sloper,is a famous doctor.Catherine's father dosen't like her though she is the only one child he has.Because she is not beautiful or clever or interesting,her father sometimes mad her ordinary.And after Dr. Sloper dies,Catherine will have a lot of money.One day she meets a handsome young man called Morris Townsend. He is very interested in Catherine.He soon says he oved her and so does she.However,her father dosen't like him because he thought Townsend is interested in his money not his daughter.Therefore,he tells Catherine that if she insists to marry Townsend,she will get nothing from him.Out of her surprise,Townsend doesn's wants her without money so he leaves her.Catherine feels very sad and broken.
Twenty years later,Morris Townsend comes back and asks her to be together again,but she refuses.
Henry James is one of th e most important writers in the English language.He was born in New York in 1843 and went to school there.He went to Harvard University as a law student.In 1875 he left America and lived in Paris.There he meet other important writers.In 1876 he moved to London.London society loved Henry James and he often out every night of the week.He wrote plays,short stories,and twenty books.Washington Square wrote in 1880 is one of the earliest books.
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