Hillary's review
The Bostonians (Everyman's Library (Paper))
by Henry James
Hillary's review
The Bostonians (Everyman's Library (Paper)) by Henry James
Hillary's review
rating:
recommended for: completists, politically minded folks
This one is more interesting than enjoyable within the James oeuvre. I have mixed feelings when I look back on it. Of course, a lot of times that has to do with class discussion and how it went, but I still think it could lose a hundred pages quite easily, and I wouldn't say that about every long book. It's very strongly felt on the part of each of your two main characters, and it's an intriguing love triangle. Really, you can probably read it quite well in dialogue with _The Wings of the Dove_, Basil Ransom being Kate (and equally weirdly sympathetic).
