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A novel by Henry James about a love triangle involving a feminist, a conservative and a young woman. The novel explores themes of feminism, politics and sexuality in late 19th-century America.
- Henry James
- 1886
The Bostonians is a historical romance drama film based on Henry James' novel, directed by James Ivory and starring Vanessa Redgrave, Christopher Reeve, and Jessica Tandy. The film received mixed reviews and several awards nominations, and was shot in various locations in the US.
The Bostonians, satirical novel by Henry James, published serially in Century Illustrated Magazine in 1885–86 and in book form in three volumes in 1886. It was one of the earliest American novels to deal—even obliquely—with lesbianism. Olive Chancellor, a Boston feminist in the 1870s, thinks she.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
“The Bostonians” is a novel with a lot of asides, and hundreds of pages of hints. We can summarize it boldly: It is about a sweet and somewhat inconsequential young woman who has inspired crushes in two of her admirers.
A 1984 film adaptation of Henry James' novel about a 19th-century Boston woman and her involvement in the suffrage movement. Read the critics' opinions, watch the trailer, and see the cast and crew details on Rotten Tomatoes.
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- James Ivory
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 satire of the women’s rights movement in America is the story of the ravishing inspirational speaker Verena Tarrant and the bitter struggle between two distant cousins who seek to control her.
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Mar 1, 2001 · The Bostonians is one of James’s most provocative and astute portrayals of a world caught between old values and the lure of progress. Richard Lansdown’s introduction discusses The Bostonians as James’s most successful political work and his funniest novel.
