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product_id: 5013197
title: "The Bostonians (Penguin Classics)"
brand: "henry james"
price: "¥4055"
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reviews_count: 12
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# The Bostonians (Penguin Classics)

**Brand:** henry james
**Price:** ¥4055
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** The Bostonians (Penguin Classics) by henry james
- **How much does it cost?** ¥4055 with free shipping
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The Bostonians (Penguin Classics)

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    The Intelligence of a Henry James Novel
  

*by A***S on Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2021*

The Bostonians is the first Henry James novel I have read. It was an acquired taste. The long paragraphs, the sparse dialogue, the erudite vocabulary…all these make attentive reading a necessity.But it’s a taste worth acquiring. Not only does he craft unique and complex characters, he also handles ideas with a deftness and piquancy rare even among good novelists.For example, The Bostonians is about a young woman in the 1870s with the gift of natural eloquence. Due to her parent’s opinions and acquaintances, she places it in the service of the nascent women’s rights movement.The reader first notices that her friends and handlers are obviously exploiting her—but it is in the service of the greater good.Meanwhile, a young man wants her to forgo her crusades and submit to a traditional marriage. He seems to be the only character who truly cares for her. But is he sincere or merely seeking to take for himself her extraordinary personality and talents?The story is then simultaneously a reflection on women’s rights, the decision of whether it is right to live for a cause and the extent to which traditional marriage is perennial.The ending, which I won’t spoil, even leaves the reader left to their own opinion about whether the protagonist made, or had made for her, the right choice.While it may have taken some getting used to, I enjoyed the intelligence granted to the reader by a Henry James novel. In 2022, I plan on reading several more. Highly recommended.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Good condition
  

*by C***D on Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2022*

I liked the book. It is simpler and more humorous than James' later novels.

### ⭐⭐⭐ 3.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    KINDLE READERS, CHOOSE ANOTHER EDITION
  

*by A***E on Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2015*

After "Washington Square" and the "Aspern Papers", I eagerly started this book.  A little more than the first half of the book was very challenging:  a lot of detail (too much in my opinion) and a very slow pace.  However, once I got past that point, the story seemed to pick up and moved very quickly until the end.  I am not that interested in the subject matter of the book - the women's movement in the late 1800s in Boston - but altogether I think the book was very well written, and the end leaves the reader wondering.I would not recommend this edition for Kindle readers because the notes are positioned at the end of the text, and any consultation of the notes entails disruption to the reading experience.

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