Properties (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
novel
|
| gptkbp:adaptation |
1984
1990 2010 film theatre |
| gptkbp:artMovement |
symbolism
irony foreshadowing |
| gptkbp:associatedWith |
Olive_and_Verena's_friendship
Owen_and_Olive's_rivalry Verena's_choice_between_Olive_and_Owen |
| gptkbp:author |
gptkb:Henry_James
|
| gptkbp:availableFormats |
ebook
hardcover paperback audiobook |
| gptkbp:awards |
none
|
| gptkbp:characterDevelopment |
Olive's_motivations
Owen's_conflicts Verena's_evolution |
| gptkbp:criticalReception |
mixed reviews
|
| gptkbp:culturalImpact |
influenced feminist movements
reflected_societal_changes_in_America |
| gptkbp:genre |
literary fiction
|
| gptkbp:historicalContext |
gptkb:post-Civil_War_America
women's suffrage movement Gilded Age America |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
The Bostonians
|
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Charles_Dickens
gptkb:Nathaniel_Hawthorne gptkb:George_Eliot |
| gptkbp:influences |
feminist literature
American_literature |
| gptkbp:inspiredBy |
real-life suffragists
Boston_society_of_the_1880s |
| gptkbp:language |
English
|
| gptkbp:mainCharacter |
gptkb:Olive_Chancellor
gptkb:Verena_Tarrant Owen_Gardiner |
| gptkbp:narrativeStyle |
third-person
|
| gptkbp:notableQuote |
"The characters are deeply flawed and complex."
"It is a study of the struggle for women's rights." The_Bostonians_is_a_novel_of_ideas. |
| gptkbp:pageCount |
368
|
| gptkbp:publishedBy |
1886
|
| gptkbp:publisher |
gptkb:Harper_&_Brothers
|
| gptkbp:setting |
gptkb:Boston
|
| gptkbp:symbolism |
the struggle for identity
the suffrage movement Boston_as_a_character |
| gptkbp:theme |
politics
social change feminism |