In the climactic scene of this novel, its protagonist decides against giving a much anticipated speech at the Music Hall.
This novel ends with its heroine crying and the narrator worrying of her tears that "these were not the last she was destined to shed." That character is interviewed by the young journalist Matthias Pardon and is courted by Henry Burrage. In the climactic scene of this novel, its protagonist decides against giving a much anticipated speech at the Music Hall. The hardworking Dr. Prance is contrasted with the heroine's father, the mesmerist quack Dr. Selah Tarrant. That heroine is immediately accepted into this novel's central social circle after delivering an enthralling address at a gathering hosted by the septuagenarian Mrs. Birdseye. In this novel, Verena Tarrant is groomed by Olive Chancellor to be a spokesperson for the feminist movement, but runs away with the lawyer Basil Ransom. For 10 points, name this Henry James novel named for the residents of a New England city.
This novel ends with its heroine crying and the narrator worrying of her tears that "these were not the last she was destined to shed.
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