![]() ![]() This edition contains extracts from Tocqueville and from Jamess The American Scene, which illuminate the novels social context. Richard Lansdowns introduction discusses The Bostonians as Jamess most successful political work and his funniest novel. ![]() The Bostonians is one of Jamess most provocative and astute portrayals of a world caught between old values and the lure of progress. But Olive has already made Verena her protégée, and soon a battle is under way for exclusive possession of her heart and mind. ![]() One of the speakers is Verena Tarrant, and although he disapproves of all she claims to stand for, Basil is immediately captivated by her and sets about reforming her with his traditional views. There was nothing weak about Miss Olive, she was a fighting woman, and she would fight him to the deathīasil Ransom, an attractive young Mississippi lawyer, is on a visit to his cousin Olive, a wealthy feminist, in Boston when he accompanies her to a meeting on the subject of womens emancipation. ![]()
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