This inspires her to act as the go-between for the two young people. Morris speaks well of Catherine to her Aunt Lavinia. He’s been away for quite a while, traveling the world, which makes him an outsider in New York society. Sloper offers little inspiration for Catherine to succeed.Īt the engagement party for one of her cousins, Catherine meets Morris Townsend. Because he expects so little from his daughter, Dr. Sloper’s disinterest in his daughter hampers Catherine’s development. Sloper remains successful in his career, but he also remains disappointed in Catherine’s lack of exceptionalism. The book moves forward quickly to Catherine’s late adolescence and her young adulthood. Sloper hopes she’ll be an acceptable surrogate mother for Catherine. When Catherine is a few years old, her Aunt Lavinia comes to live with them. Sloper’s other sister, Lavinia, is a widow who was once married to a poor member of the clergy. Elizabeth is sensible and nice, though when she offers Dr. His favorite, Elizabeth, has married a merchant. She is not as beautiful as her mother, nor does she seem as bright as her father. He sees her as a disappointment in a number of ways. The daughter is named Catherine in memory of her, and this Catherine becomes the main character of the story.Ĭatherine is not well-loved by her father. The labor is difficult and the mother dies. Two years after that, Catherine gives birth to a daughter. His wife, Catherine, gives birth to a son, but the child sadly dies a few days later. The novella tells the story of the Sloper family from the Washington Square neighborhood of Manhattan in the mid-nineteenth century.
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