The Bostonians
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Henry James.
Contributors: R. & R. Clark (Edinburgh)
Publisher: Macmillan and Co.
Published: 1886
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 449
Description: "This bittersweet tragicomedy centers 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"--Wikipedia.