Bostonians, Paperback by James, Henry, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US

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Topic: Classics Item Weight: 16.7 Oz width: 6 in Book Title: Bostonians Item Length: 9 in Publisher: CreateSpace Number of Pages: 270 Pages Format: Trade Paperback ISBN: 9781983471360 height: 0.6 in Publication Year: 2018 Item Width: 6 in Author: Henry. James Item Height: 0.6 in Language: English Genre: Fiction

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Bostonians, Paperback by James, Henry, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US. Bostonians, Paperback by James, Henry, ISBN 1983471364, ISBN-13 9781983471360, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US HENRY JAMES' FAMOUS SATIREBasil Ransom, a conservative lawyer from Mississippi and Civil War veteran meets his cousin, Olive Chancellor, a feminist activist, in Boston. He also meets Olive's beautiful protege in the feminist movement, Verena Tarrant. It is a meeting which begins a struggle between Basil and Olive for Verena's affections and Bostonians is Henry James' most overtly political work and arouses a good deal of controversy for its satirical depiction of the feminist movement. Even at the time of its initial release th was the subject of much discussion, receiving mixed reviews. James' treatment of the subject matter remains controversial, though the themes make th still fresh and pertinent today.