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The Bostonians: a Novel (Penguin Classics) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The BostoniansBasil Ransom, a young Mississippi lawyer arrives to Boston in search of a career. Through his cousin, Olive Chancellor, Ransom comes to meet Verena, the beautiful daughter of a charlatan faith-healer. 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.
Full description- Publisher: PENGUIN CLASSICS
- Published: 01 March 2001
- Format: Paperback 448 pages
- See: Full bibliographic data
- Categories: Contemporary Fiction | Classics
- ISBN 13: 9780140437669 ISBN 10: 0140437665
- Sales rank: 47,005
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Full description for The Bostonians
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.
