Daisy Miller: In Two Parts

Daisy Miller is a novella by Henry James. It portrays the courtship of the beautiful American girl Daisy Miller by Winterbourne, a sophisticated compatriot of hers. His pursuit of her is hampered by her own flirtatiousness, which is frowned upon by the other expatriates when they meet in Switzerland and Italy. This novella serves as both a psychological description of the mind of a young woman, and as an analysis of the traditional views of a society where she is a clear outsider. Henry James uses Daisy's story to discuss what he thinks Europeans and Americans believe about each other, and more generally the prejudices common in any culture. In a letter James said that Daisy is the victim of a "social rumpus" that goes on either over her head or beneath her notice.

Author: Henry James

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Oct 05, 2016

Number of Pages: 116 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1539350452

ISBN-13: 9781539350453