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The Bostonians

Author
Henry James
Read by
Eloise Fairfax
Language
English
Length
15 hours 15 minutes
ISBN
9781802560749
Published
26 September 2024
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Henry James
  • tragicomedy
  • melodrama
  • engagement
  • humour
  • comedy
  • dark comedy
  • stream of consciousness
  • philosophical
  • psychological

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Description

"The Bostonians" by Henry James is a thought-provoking novel that revolves around the spirited feminist, Olive Chancellor, her protégée, Verena Tarrant, and the charming, conservative Basil Ransom. Set in 19th-century Boston, the story explores the suffrage movement and the clash of ideologies between the charismatic Verena and Basil, who seeks to sway her towards traditional values. Olive and Basil compete for Verena's loyalty, leading to a complex web of emotional entanglements and ideological battles. As Verena grapples with her identity and aspirations, she becomes torn between her duty to the women's movement and her personal desires.

Author

Henry James (1843–1916) is among the supreme novelists in English — an American who made Europe his stage and consciousness his subject. In The Portrait of a Lady, The Ambassadors, and The Wings of the Dove he traced Americans abroad through drawing rooms, secrets, and moral choice with unmatched psychological precision. James wrote sentences that think: long, exacting, and alive to every shade of feeling between people.

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