When timid and plain Catherine Sloper acquires a dashing and determined suitor, her father, convinced that the young man is nothing more than a fortune-hunter, decides to put a stop to their romance. Torn between a desire to win her father's approval and passion for the first man who has ever declared his love for her, Catherine faces on agonizing choice, and becomes all too aware of the restrictions that others seek to place on herfreedom in 19th-century New York society. 223p.
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When timid and plain Catherine Sloper acquires a dashing and determined suitor, her father, convinced that the young man is nothing more than a fortune-hunter, decides to put a stop to their romance. Torn between a desire to win her father's approval and passion for the first man who has ever declared his love for her, Catherine faces on agonizing choice, and becomes all too aware of the restrictions that others seek to place on herfreedom in 19th-century New York society. 223p.