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The Bostonians

admin12 — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:07:10 +0000

The changing role of women in the late 1800s provides the backdrop to Henry James’s tale of the struggle between a conservative lawyer and his feminism cousin to win the affection of the pretty would-be feminist Verena Tarrant.

The Europeans

admin12 — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:59:09 +0000

Having decided to head to the new world in search of a rich husband, Eugenia Munster and her brother journey to New England to visit their cousins. But soon the gulf between the old world of Europe and the new world of America becomes clear.

The Portrait of a Lady

admin12 — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:26:48 +0000

After moving from the US to Europe, Isabel Archer seeks freedom from European social mores but only to find her quest for independence brings its own troubles.

Washington Square

admin12 — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 18:04:33 +0000

"Young men of this class never do anything for themselves that they can get other people to do for them, and it is the infatuation, the devotion, the superstition of others that keeps them going. These others in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred are women."

Daisy Miller

admin12 — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 10:25:01 +0000

When American girl Daisy Miller and European educated Frederick Winterbourne meet in Switzerland, their begin a courtship that clashes with the social, cultural and class divisions of the Victorian era.

The Turn of the Screw

admin12 — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:00:05 +0000

When a young governess agrees to look after the niece and nephew of a disinterested uncle, she is taken by the children’s charming nature. But when ghostly figures start to appear in the grounds of the uncle’s country home, she learns that all is not what it seems.

The Wings of the Dove

admin12 — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:49:06 +0000

When Kate Croy learns that Milly Theale, a rich American heiress, may have an incurable and deadly disease she hatches a dastardly plan to inherit her wealth. But will her fiance Merton Densher go through with the plot?