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product_id: 1866915
title: "Bostonians Library Binding – June 1, 1986"
brand: "henry james"
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# Bostonians Library Binding – June 1, 1986

**Brand:** henry james
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- **What is this?** Bostonians Library Binding – June 1, 1986 by henry james
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## Customer Reviews

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    The Intelligence of a Henry James Novel
  

*by A***S on Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2021*

The Bostonians is the first Henry James novel I have read. It was an acquired taste. The long paragraphs, the sparse dialogue, the erudite vocabulary…all these make attentive reading a necessity.But it’s a taste worth acquiring. Not only does he craft unique and complex characters, he also handles ideas with a deftness and piquancy rare even among good novelists.For example, The Bostonians is about a young woman in the 1870s with the gift of natural eloquence. Due to her parent’s opinions and acquaintances, she places it in the service of the nascent women’s rights movement.The reader first notices that her friends and handlers are obviously exploiting her—but it is in the service of the greater good.Meanwhile, a young man wants her to forgo her crusades and submit to a traditional marriage. He seems to be the only character who truly cares for her. But is he sincere or merely seeking to take for himself her extraordinary personality and talents?The story is then simultaneously a reflection on women’s rights, the decision of whether it is right to live for a cause and the extent to which traditional marriage is perennial.The ending, which I won’t spoil, even leaves the reader left to their own opinion about whether the protagonist made, or had made for her, the right choice.While it may have taken some getting used to, I enjoyed the intelligence granted to the reader by a Henry James novel. In 2022, I plan on reading several more. Highly recommended.

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    Controversial reading but thought-provoking
  

*by P***I on Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2012*

The Bostonians won't complete a  beach reading ensemble of Vince Flynn, Sandra Brown or Julia Garwood but it will surely agitate our sensibilities regarding male and female relationships.The Bostonians introduces to us Basil Ransom, a handsome and cultured Southern gentleman who fought in the Confederacy during the Civil War. He comes to Boston to see his cousin , Olive Chancellor, an entrenched women's rights activist.  Olive has a young protegee whom she adores, the beautiful and sweet Verena Tarrant. When Basil meets the young and innocent beauty , he is enchanted. Thus the war begins between both Basil and Olive.Basil believes that Verena's beauty is meant for a man but Olive has other goals for Verena.This 19th Century novel is verbose a la James but no less wordy than an Anthony Trollope novel.We must remember that James inspired another important literary figure who wrote about women and their positions in society, the inexpressible Edith Wharton.The Bostonians was not welcomed by many when it was published and it is even less popular today.James is not afraid to give an educated, eloquent and cultured voice to Basil Ransom. He is a man's man and will not give quarter to Olive Chancellor simply because she despises him as a man.But the question always remains: what are a woman's gifts for: for her husband and her family or for society? As Basil Ransom says when asked what women are for:"There are a thousand ways in which any woman, all women , married or single, may find occupation. They may find it in making society agreeable.... dear Miss Tarrant, what is most agreeable to women is to be agreeable to men! That is a truth as old as the human race, and don't let Olive Chancellor persuade you that she and Mrs. Farrinder have invented any that can take its place , or that is more profound, more durable."

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    Good Story, but the Publisher scrimps
  

*by E***L on Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2022*

Knowing nothing about publishing, I know I don'r really know what I'm talking about.  But I do know that this copy was small and tight that it was almost impossible to read.  To add to the problem the font was tiny.  I may be an older woman, but the selected font needed to be a larger size.  I wasn't about to mail this back for a refund, so I just looked about for another copy and decided to get a large-print edition to read until I could have my glasses adjusted.Please read my opinion of the large-print edition.  Well, I can see that Amazon has listed both editions of the Bostonians together, so I'll just carry on and warn others who are looking for a large print edition that the one that was sent to me was a very large book.  But when I opened it, the print was so faint against the white of the page that this too was a no-go.  By this time, I have had my glasses fixed. But I have contacted a UK bookseller who sends me quality paperbacks always; very much like the Vintage Classics  I will get to start reading my favorite Henry James Again..  Read Washington Square....what a treat!

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