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- 1992
- year of publication
- 496
- pages
- English (United Kingdom)
- language
- Hardcover
- cover
- Publisher
- Everyman
- ISBN-13
- 978-18-5715-082-7
- EAN
- 9781857150827
- Publication date
- 1992-06-04
- Book
- The Bostonians · 4 editions
About the book
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.
