Catherine Sloper is a shy girl with a normal appearance and a very kind heart. Her life's wish is to make her beloved father happy, but it seems that no matter how big or small things are, all that is incurred is his accusations. Catherine Sloper is a The Heiress. Her dead mother left her with an inheritance of 10,000 yuan a year. After her father died, she would leave her with an annual income of 20,000 yuan. Generally speaking, there should be a group of local people. The young dignitaries pursued her. But Catherine Sloter's awkward behavior and lack of charm made them not interested in her.
A strong-willed and ambitious young man, Maurice Townsend, appeared in her vision, and the other party wanted to please people. Morris Townsend spent a small inheritance on his trip to Europe and is trying to accumulate his wealth. He began to pursue Catherine Sloper, using sweet words to convince the naive and innocent woman that he loved her completely, and soon they were engaged.
Her father saw through all this and relentlessly accused the young adventurer. Catherine violated his wishes for the first time in her life, and then planned to elope. When Maurice Townsend knew that she was going to break with her father and sacrifice the inheritance of 20,000 yuan a year, he suddenly abandoned her on the night of the elopement. Catherine still loves Maurice Townsend. In this regard, she held a grudge against her father.
Her father soon died of lung disease, leaving her all his fortune. In later time, she lived alone in the mansion in Washington Square. One day, her aunt Lavinia told her that Maurice Townsend had returned from California and wanted to see her. She hesitated and agreed. Maurice Townsend asked Catherine Sloper to believe that his motivation for abandoning Catherine Sloper was very noble, and he did not want to see her sacrifice her inheritance. She believed in it, and once again agreed to elope with him. When Morris Townsend returned to take her away at night, he found the door was locked. She listened to him eagerly knocking on the door, while walking up the stairs with a light in her hand.
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