{"product_id":"9780679417507","title":"Bostonians (Everyman's Library)","description":"\u003cp\u003eHenry James’s celebrated novel about a passionate New England feminist, her reactionary Southern gentleman cousin, and a charismatic young woman whose loyalty they both wish to possess goes so directly to the heart of sexual politics that it speaks to us with a voice as fresh and vital as when the book was first published in 1886.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Basil Ransom visits his cousin Olive Chancellor in Boston, she takes him to hear a political speech about women’s emancipation by a gifted speaker named Verena Tarrant. Though repelled by her principles, Basil is enchanted by the lovely Verena and becomes determined to convert her to his rigidly conservative views of a woman’s place. He argues that Verena is made for private passion not a public career, and wants to marry her and take her away from those he feels are exploiting her. But Olive, a serious devotee of the cause, has made Verena her protégée and taken her into her home. What ensues is a battle for the young woman’s body and soul by two antagonists with wills stronger than hers. Riveting in its narrative drama, rich and sympathetic in its ironies, \u003ci\u003eThe Bostonians \u003c\/i\u003eis the work of a master psychologist at the top of his form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e()\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47014214369520,"sku":"9780679417507","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780679417507_p0.jpg?v=1763608038","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780679417507","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}