long as some rights were gained it was a victory.The nineteenth-century was also not an easy time for women writers. Most had to conform to society and not rock the boat. But Fanny Fern seems to stretch these rules to the limit. She can get her point across effectively while not upsetting the standards set out for them.Both of these books, The Bostonians, and Ruth Hall, were easy to read and understand. However, The Bostonians was much longer than it needed to be. The underlying themes in these books are what make them interesting. James, with his fascination of spiritualism, and Fern with her introduction of women’s rights for all classes are very interesting because they show the real views of people at the time in the form of a story. Without the underlying theme in The Bostonians, I would have found the book a little drawn out and boring. But Ruth Hall, I found very interesting. It was Fern’s look at her life and all the issues surrounding her movement that kept me entranced. ...
