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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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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
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Henry James (1843-1916)
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Boston (Mass.), New York (N.Y.)

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1986, Penguin Books, Viking Penguin
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Fiction.

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Dewey Decimal Class
813/.4
Library of Congress
PS2116 .B6 1991

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Pagination
xviii, 442 p. ;
Number of pages
442

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OL1888965M
Internet Archive
bostonians0000jame_l1p0
ISBN 10
0679733817
LCCN
90050497
OCLC/WorldCat
23082719
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5446
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1978038

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