FTP, name this novel in which the Mississippi lawyer Basil Ransom ends-up with Verena Tarrant and whose geographical title hints at Olive Chancellor's queerness, a novel by Henry James.
In this work, the prematurely gray-haired newspaperman Matthias Pardon considers seeking a "partnership" with the central character, though he is unable to locate her in the book's concluding chapters. That protagonist's father, Selah, always wears a ridiculous-looking raincoat and plies his trade as a mesmerist on her to give an impetus to her skills as a public speaker, which outshine those of Mrs. Farrinder at a party given by Miss Birdseye. FTP, name this novel in which the Mississippi lawyer Basil Ransom ends-up with Verena Tarrant and whose geographical title hints at Olive Chancellor's queerness, a novel by Henry James.
In this work, the prematurely gray-haired newspaperman Matthias Pardon considers seeking a "partnership" with the central character, though he is unable to locate her in the book's concluding chapters.
The Bostonians