A Boston feminist and her conservative Southern cousin battle for the soul and love of a gifted young speaker. James's satirical novel of reform and possession.
Books mentioned in The Bostonians (1)
Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: “Do you understand German? Do you know 'Faust'?" said Olive. "'_Entsagen sollst du, sollst entsagen!”
Books that mention The Bostonians (3)
Possession by A. S. Byatt: “His little book on harmony and discord in The Bostonians had come at just the wrong time.”
Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion: “a girl who might have interested Henry James, at about the time he did Verena Tarrant, in The Bostonians”
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara: “Brother Matthew had an original clothbound edition of The Bostonians...”