《波士顿人》双语简介（亨利·詹姆斯）

The Bostonians（Henry James）
《波士顿人》是亨利·詹姆斯的小说，于1886年出版。
密西西比州律师巴兹尔·兰索姆（Basil Ransom）来到波士顿寻求财富，并结识了他的堂妹、风流寡妇露娜（Luna）夫人和她神经质的妹妹奥利弗·钱伯斯（Olive Chancellor）。他被激进的女权主义者Olive带到一个妇女参政会上，在那里他遇到了Birdseye小姐。Birdseye是一位为帮助事业失败者而无私奉献的老年人。他们听到了美丽的年轻人维蕾娜·塔兰特（Verena Tarrant）的演讲，维蕾娜的劝说天赋让奥利芙感兴趣，她认为可以把这种天赋变为自己使用的工具。Olive将女孩带到自己的豪华家中，让她皈依女权主义事业，甚至敦促她发誓永不结婚。为了逃避露娜夫人的注意，兰索姆试图说服维蕾娜相信，维蕾娜的合适领域是相夫教子，而不是一个荒谬的政治运动的讲师，而且兰索姆和嫉妒的奥利芙之间存在着公开的敌意。
当维蕾娜即将开始演讲时，他们的斗争达到了高潮，因为她信心全失，尤其是在Birdseye小姐去世后。维蕾娜初次见到兰索姆就被他的出现搅得心神不宁，她同意嫁给兰索姆，而必须宣布自己已被保护人背叛的Olive显得孤立无援。
The Bostonians, novel by Henry James, published in 1886.
Basil Ransom, a Mississippi lawyer,comes to Boston to seek his fortune, and becomes acquainted with his cousins,the flirtatious widow, Mrs.Luna, and her neurotic sister, Olive Chancellor.He is taken by Olive, a radical feminist, to a suffragette meeting, where he meets Miss Birdseye, an aged, altruistic worker for lost causes. They hear an address by beautiful young Verena Tarrant, whose gift of persuasion interests Olive as an instrument for her own use. Olive removes the girl to her own luxurious home,converts her to the feminist cause, and even urges her to vow that she will never marry. Fleeing the attentions of Mrs.Luna, Ransom attempts to win Verena to his belief that her proper sphere is a home and a drawing room,not a career as lecturer for a preposterous political movement, and there is open hostility between Ransom and the jealous Olive. Their struggle reaches a climax when Verena is about to begin her lectures, for she loses confidence, especially after the death of Miss Birdseye. Completely unnerved by Ransom"s presence at her initial appearance, she consents to marry him, and Olive, who must announce her protégé"s defection,is left desolate.