The Bostonians

Name: The Bostonians
Brand: Recyclivre
Author: Henry James
ISBN: 9780140437669

Henry James

14/08/2000
Penguin Classics

NC (0 avis)

Couverture de The Bostonians par Henry James

Résumé

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 is immediately accessible and relevant today.