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An edition of The Bostonians: a novel. (1886)

The Bostonians

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First published in 1886, The Bostonians is one of James' wittiest social satires. It begins with the arrival in Boston of Basil Ransom, in search of a career. The book turns on the relationship between Ransom, a conservative civil war veteran, his feminist cousin Olive Chancellor, and Verena Tarrant, a newcomer to their circle whose affections are sought by both Olive and Basil.James' ambivalence towards the reformist movement is made plain in this novel, which is crowded with eccentric and colourful characters. The narrative moves us in turns to sneer at the Boston reformers and to sympathise with Olive as she struggles to keep the reformist flame burning in her protege's heart.

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Bantam Books
Language
English
Pages
398

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Open Library Staff Picks, Social life and customs, Suffrage, Romance Norte Americano, Movie novels, Cousins, Fiction, Triangles (Interpersonal relations), Historical Fiction, Feminists, Social conditions, Young women, Classic Literature, Feminism, Women, Young women, fiction, Boston (mass.), fiction, Fiction, psychological, American fiction (fictional works by one author), New york (n.y.), fiction, Massachusetts, fiction, Fiction, general, American literature, Manners and customs, Fiction, historical, general
People
Henry James (1843-1916)
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Boston (Mass.), New York (N.Y.)

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The Bostonians (Oxford World's Classics)
May 29, 1998, Oxford University Press, USA
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1992, Everyman's library
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1992, A. Knopf, Distributed by Random House
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1986, Penguin Books, Viking Penguin
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1984, Bantam Books
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1984, Bantam Books
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The Bostonians: a novel.
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1886, Macmillan and Co.
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Originally appeared in the Century magazine from Feb. 1885 to Feb. 1886.

Bibliography: p. 397-398.

Series
A Bantam classic

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Library of Congress
PS2116 .B6 1984b

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Pagination
xvii, 398 p. ;
Number of pages
398

ID Numbers

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OL24590973M
Internet Archive
bostonians00jame
ISBN 10
0553211536
ISBN 13
9780553211535
OCLC/WorldCat
11018334

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