neolx 's review for:

Washington Square by Henry James, Michael Cunningham

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I really enjoyed this. I read it because I wanted something like the Gilded Age show and this fit the bill, although technically this takes place a few decades before the Gilded Age in NYC. Unlike other Henry James books I've tried, this wasn't overly pretentious or dry. This also kind of reminds me of a sort of grim version of The Importance of Being Earnest, but still with interesting characters and lots of witty dialogue.