The Bostonians

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novel

The Bostonians is a novel by Henry James that explores post–Civil War American society through a satirical examination of feminism, reform movements, and complex personal relationships in Boston.

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The Bostonians (1984 film) 1
The Bostonians (film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel ⓘ
author Henry James ⓘ
characterRole Basil Ransom is a conservative Mississippi lawyer ⓘ
Olive Chancellor is a Boston feminist reformer ⓘ
Verena Tarrant is a charismatic young orator ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception controversial for its portrayal of feminists ⓘ
later reassessed as a key work in Henry James’s oeuvre ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector James Ivory ⓘ
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 1984 ⓘ
filmAdaptationStars Christopher Reeve ⓘ
Madeleine Potter ⓘ
Vanessa Redgrave ⓘ
firstPublishedIn The Century Magazine ⓘ
genre political novel ⓘ
psychological novel ⓘ
satire ⓘ
social novel ⓘ
hasAdaptation The Bostonians self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Bostonians (1984 film)
hasLiterarySignificance early major treatment of American feminism in fiction ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryMovement Realism ⓘ
mainCharacter Basil Ransom ⓘ
Olive Chancellor ⓘ
Verena Tarrant ⓘ
narrativeMode free indirect discourse ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Henry James’s major phase of novels ⓘ
placeOfFirstPublication United Kingdom ⓘ
publicationYear 1886 ⓘ
publisher Macmillan and Co. ⓘ
serializationEndYear 1886 ⓘ
serializationStartYear 1885 ⓘ
settingLocation Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston

New York City ⓘ
structure three-volume novel in first book edition ⓘ
theme feminism ⓘ
manipulation and control in personal relationships ⓘ
political idealism versus conservatism ⓘ
post–Civil War American society ⓘ
reform movements ⓘ
romantic rivalry ⓘ
satire of Boston intellectual culture ⓘ
women’s rights ⓘ
timePeriodInFiction post–American Civil War era ⓘ

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The Bostonians → hasAdaptation → The Bostonians self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Bostonians (1984 film)
Henry James → notableWork → The Bostonians ⓘ
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala → workedOn → The Bostonians ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Bostonians (film)