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The Bostonians / Henry James.

by James, Henry, 1843-1916.

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Premier Classics 2010, c1992

Feminists -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Fiction

Women -- Social conditions -- Fiction

Boston (Mass.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fictioon

New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction

9780307291929 (trade pbk.)

Premier Classics ed.

x, 394 p. ; 21 cm.

"Originally published in 1886"--Fantastic fiction website.

Includes Chronology.

From Boston's social underworld emerges Verena Tarrant, a girl with extraordinary oratorical gifts, which she deploys in tawdry meeting-houses on behalf of 'the sisterhood of women.' She acquires two admirers of a very different stamp: Olive Chancellor, devotee of radical causes, and marked out for tragedy; and Basil Ransom, veteran of the Civil War, with rigid views concerning society and women's place therein. Is the lovely, lighthearted Verena made for public movements or private passions? A struggle to possess her, body and soul, develops between Olive and Basil. The exploitation of Verena's unregenerate innocence reflects a society whose moral and cultural values are failing to survive the new dawn of liberalism and democracy. The Bostonians (1886) was not welcomed by James's fellow countrymen, who failed to appreciate its delicacy and wit; but a century later, this book is widely regarded as James's finest American fiction, and perhaps his comic masterpiece.

Historical fiction.

Psychological fiction.

Classic fiction.

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