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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This book made me so angry that I almost had an aneurism. Then I calmed down and realized anew Mr. James' talent for depicting brilliant women in abusive romances, and I loved him anew for understanding what a scary tragedy that situation is. (  ) gwendolynzepeda | Nov 14, 2008 |  DENSE writing. OK story. Sometimes very funny. Is Olive Chancellor a lesbian? jmcilree | Nov 9, 2008 | Audiobook.....Surprisingly radical! This is a metaphorical story about the tug of war between men and women. A native Mississippian strives to conquer a lovely young feminist reformer in post Civil War Boston. I say conquer, because to succumb to him means forever relinquishing her right to express herself on any feminist issue. The closing line is something like,".......I fear these tears are only a few of those she will shed in the future." ( )1  hemlokgang | Nov 8, 2008 | An emotional romance between a Southerner and an emancipationist--windy but pointed ( ) tzelman | Feb 29, 2008 | 3099. The Bostonians, by Henry James. This book was published in 1886--in fact it was THE best seller of 1886. The Radcliffe student 100 best novels of the 20th century has it on that list, even though it was published in the 19th century! I had not read a James novel since 1970, when I read The Wings of the Dove. The Bostonians is a stunning novel and is constructed brilliantly, until the end. I thought the ending quite unsatisfactory. Why a modern woman would think this book great I do not know but it did catch me up and was easy to read. (read Aug 6, 1998) (  ) Schmerguls | Dec 12, 2007 |  no reviews | add a review
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