Bostonians. Henry James

Boston in the second half of the 19th century — will this city become the center of cultural life in the United States, where the female voice will be heard in full force? Will Boston support its brave and restless Bostonians in their struggle for women's rights and freedoms? And how does the conservative and traditionalist South, which has just lost the war with the North, treat the ideas of women's emancipation? And will the bravest ascetics overcome the test when the choice arises between: being a beloved woman and being a free woman? Henry James (1843–1916), as always in his novels, does not offer the reader ready-made answers to the difficult questions of that time. Instead, he invites you to reflect on responsibility, devotion to a great cause, and the difficult choice between a dream and reality. Written in 1886, the novel "Bostonians" is being published in Ukrainian translation for the first time and will become for the Ukrainian reader a discovery not only of new facets of Henry James's work, but also an idea of ​​urban life in America after the end of the Civil War there.