Daisy Miller : original version / Henry James.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

James, Henry.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Americans--England--Fiction.

Americans.

Young women--Fiction.

Young women.

Europe--Fiction.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (118 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Auckland, New Zealand] : Floating Press, 1879.

Summary:

A beautiful American girl, Daisy Miller, is pursued by the sophisticated Winterbourne, who moves in fairly conservative circles. Their courtship is frowned upon by the other Americans they meet in Switzerland and Italy because Daisy is too vivacious and flirtatious and neither belongs to, nor follows the rules of, their society. The novella is a comment on American and European attitudes towards each other and on social and cultural prejudice.

Contents:

DAISY MILLER & HENRY JAMES: THE FLOATING PRESS; the affairs of her family and upon other topics. She sat there with her extremely pretty hands, ornamented with very brilliant rings, folded in her lap, and with her pretty eyes now resting upon those; had never been in so many hotels in my life as since; CONTENTS; At the little town of Vevey, in Switzerland, there is a particularly comfortable hotel. There are, indeed, many hotels, for the entertainment of tourists is the business of the place, which, as many t

characteristics of an American watering place. There are sights and sounds which evoke a vision, an echo, of Newport and Saratoga. There is a flitting hither and thither of ""stylish"" young girls, a ruhis place of residence. But his aunt had a headache- his aunt had almost always a headache-and now she was shut up in her room, smelling camphor, so that he was at liberty to wander about. He was some

the garden by one of the waiters who looked like an attache. At last he finished his coffee and lit a cigarette. Presently a small boy came walking along the path-an urchin of nine or ten. The child, have only got seven teeth. My mother counted them last night, and one came out right afterward. She said she'd slap me if any more came out. I can't help it. It's this old Europe. It's the climate tha

""I don't know. I'm an American boy,"" said the child. ""I see you are one of the best!"" laughed Winterbourne. ""Are you an American man?"" pursued this vivacious infant. And then, on Winterbourne's affirm""I imagine that is your fault, not hers,"" said Winterbourne. The young lady meanwhile had drawn near. She was dressed in white muslin, with a hundred frills and flounces, and knots of pale-colored rib

The young lady gave no heed to this announcement, but looked straight at her brother. ""Well, I guess you had better be quiet,"" she simply observed. It seemed to Winterbourne that he had been in a mann""Yes, I am going to take it to Italy,"" the child declared. The young girl glanced over the front of her dress and smoothed out a knot or two of ribbon. Then she rested her eyes upon the prospect again

""Oh, Italy is a beautiful place!"" rejoined the young man. ""Can you get candy there?"" Randolph loudly inquired. ""I hope not,"" said his sister. ""I guess you have had enough candy, and mother thinks so t

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource : title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 30, 2013).

ISBN:

1-77556-859-8

OCLC:

540908851