num_pages: 397
description: Librarian note: An alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here.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.
language: English
title: The Bostonians
titlecomplete: The Bostonians (Penguin Classics)
characters: Verena Tarrant, Olive Chancellor, Selah Tarrant, Basil Ransom, Miss Birdseye, Mrs. Farrinder, Adeline Luna
genres: Literature, American, Classics, Literary Fiction, Feminism, Novels, Victorian, 19th Century, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 7271
places: Boston, Massachusetts
publisher: Penguin Classics