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The Bostonians
Henry James
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Description for The Bostonians
Paperback. Basil Ransom, a young Mississippi lawyer arrives to Boston in search of a career. Through his cousin, Olive Chancellor, Ransom comes to meet Verena, the beautiful daughter of a charlatan faith-healer. Olive hopes to win the girl over to the feminist cause, Ransom is attracted to her looks, and a battle for possession of the girl begins. Editor(s): Lansdown, Richard. Num Pages: 448 pages, notes, further reading, appendices. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 330. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Lightly creased corners. Lightly sunned, remains very good
Published in 1886, The Bostonians begins with the arrival in Boston of Basil Ransom, a young Mississippi lawyer in search of a career. Through his cousin, Olive Chancellor, Ransom comes to meet Verena, the beautiful daughter of a charlatan faith-healer and showman. When they hear Verena talk, Olive hopes to win the girl over to the feminist cause, Ransom is attracted to her looks, and a battle for possession of the girl begins.
With its discussion of the situation of women and its uncompromising depiction of the city and the media, THE BOSTONIANS is a modern novel which ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of pages
448
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140437669
SKU
KCW0006810
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Henry James
Henry James (1843-1916) was born in New York and settled in Europe in 1875. He was a regular contributor of reviews, critical essays, and short stories to American periodicals. He is best known for his many novels of American and European character. Richard Lansdown is a Lecturer in English at James Cook University in Queensland Australia.
Reviews for The Bostonians
“As devastating in its wit as it is sharp in its social critique of sexual politics. No writer in America had dared the subject before. No one has done it so well since.” —The New Republic