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The Bostonians Capa dura – 29 setembro 2020

Edição Inglês por Henry James (Autor)

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The Bostonians is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Century Magazine in 1885-1886 and then as a book in 1886. This bittersweet tragicomedy centres on an odd triangle of characters: Basil Ransom, a political conservative from Mississippi; Olive Chancellor, Ransom's cousin and a Boston feminist; and Verena Tarrant, a pretty, young protégée of Olive's in the feminist movement. The storyline concerns the struggle between Ransom and Olive for Verena's allegiance and affection, though the novel also includes a wide panorama of political activists, newspaper people, and quirky eccentrics.

Mississippi lawyer and Civil War veteran, Basil Ransom, visits his cousin Olive Chancellor in Boston. She takes him to a political meeting where Verena Tarrant delivers a feminist speech. Ransom, a strong conservative, is annoyed by the speech but fascinated with the speaker. Olive, who has never before set eyes on Verena, is equally fascinated. She persuades Verena to leave her parents' house, move in with her and study in preparation for a career in the feminist movement. Meanwhile, Ransom returns to his law practice in New York, which is not doing well. He visits Boston again and walks with Verena through the Harvard College grounds, including the impressive Civil War Memorial Hall. Verena finds herself attracted to the charismatic Ransom.

Basil eventually proposes to Verena, much to Olive's dismay. Olive has arranged for Verena to speak at the Boston Music Hall. Ransom shows up at the hall just before Verena is scheduled to begin her speech. He persuades Verena to elope with him, to the discomfiture of Olive and her fellow-feminists. The final sentence of the novel shows Verena in tears - not to be her last, James assures us.

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Editora ‏ : ‎ Prince Classics (29 setembro 2020)
Idioma ‏ : ‎ Inglês
Capa dura ‏ : ‎ 438 páginas
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9390295610
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-9390295616
Dimensões ‏ : ‎ 13.97 x 2.87 x 21.59 cm

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Aran Joseph Canes

The Intelligence of a Henry James Novel

Avaliado nos Estados Unidos em 23 de dezembro de 2021

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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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Peppermintmari

Controversial reading but thought-provoking

Avaliado nos Estados Unidos em 14 de junho de 2012

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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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Evelyn N. Bramhall

Good Story, but the Publisher scrimps

Avaliado nos Estados Unidos em 28 de maio de 2022

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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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M. F. Crowl

Second reading better than the first

Avaliado nos Estados Unidos em 15 de julho de 2016

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This is the second time I've read The Bostonians in the last three years, and I enjoyed it more the second time than the first. It's still a rather strange story about two very different people trying to wrest control off each other of a somewhat naive young woman; James often writes about people controlling other people, it seems.
Feminists may not enjoy it, since it takes the burgeoning feminist movement of the late 19th century to task, and though some modern readers claim that the female character, Olive Chancellor, is a lesbian, this is never stated outright, and if James intended her to be, the hints are subtle. I think he's more concerned about her ferocious attempts to control someone else than about her sexual tendency. She's a strikingly bitter character: basically she neither likes men or women - if they don't agree with her. Some of the conversations she has with other characters are quite malevolent, and manipulative.
Basil Ransom, her 'opponent' is a milder character, but strong all the same, and sees through much of Olive's cant. James seems to side with him, and yet the last line of the book hints at a sad future.
Apart from the story there's the wonderful Jamesian writing. Yes, his sentences do go on at great length, sometimes, and occasionally take a bit of unravelling. But what style. And when it's necessary to make things move, as he does in the climax, he wastes no words at all.

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R. Bland

Wonderful novel, poor edition

Avaliado no Reino Unido em 28 de julho de 2015

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The novel is wonderful, the edition isn't.

This is early(ish) Henry James, so the book isn't as dense as the later novels. It's wonderfully controlled prose, always moving forward and allowing the characters to develop. I found it very gripping.

The Xist Classics edition for Kindle is poor, however. The table of contents is blank. Words and phases that should be in italics are bracketed with underscores instead, _like this_. It seems that the publishers don't fully understand how to prepare an e-book.

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