The Bostonians
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Jacket in good condition — Everyman's Library cloth binding in good condition with red spine. Page Condition: Good, pages appear clean and bright. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Tight and intact. Stickers/Labels: None visible.
A landmark of American literary realism, The Bostonians is a sharp and witty social novel set in the post-Civil War reform movements of New England. Henry James chronicles the fierce rivalry between Olive Chancellor, a passionate Boston feminist, and her conservative Southern cousin Basil Ransom, as both vie for the heart, mind, and oratory talents of the gifted young Verena Tarrant. The novel presents a rich and incisive portrait of 19th-century American society, dissecting the early women's suffrage movement with equal parts sympathy and irony. James illustrates the psychological complexities of gender, power, and idealism through some of his most vivid and memorable characters, making this one of his most accessible and dramatically compelling works. Originally serialised in 1885–1886, The Bostonians remains a prescient and brilliantly observed study of personal ambition dressed in the language of social progress.
Author: Henry James
Format: Hardback
Published: 1992, Everyman's Library / Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Jacket in good condition — Everyman's Library cloth binding in good condition with red spine. Page Condition: Good, pages appear clean and bright. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Tight and intact. Stickers/Labels: None visible.
A landmark of American literary realism, The Bostonians is a sharp and witty social novel set in the post-Civil War reform movements of New England. Henry James chronicles the fierce rivalry between Olive Chancellor, a passionate Boston feminist, and her conservative Southern cousin Basil Ransom, as both vie for the heart, mind, and oratory talents of the gifted young Verena Tarrant. The novel presents a rich and incisive portrait of 19th-century American society, dissecting the early women's suffrage movement with equal parts sympathy and irony. James illustrates the psychological complexities of gender, power, and idealism through some of his most vivid and memorable characters, making this one of his most accessible and dramatically compelling works. Originally serialised in 1885–1886, The Bostonians remains a prescient and brilliantly observed study of personal ambition dressed in the language of social progress.