Daisy Miller

Travelling in Europe with her family, Daisy Miller, an exquisitely beautiful young American woman, presents her fellow-countryman Winterbourne with a dilemma he cannot resolve. Is she deliberately flouting social convention in the outspoken way she talks and acts, or is she simply ignorant of those conventions? When she strikes up an intimate friendship with an urbane young Italian, her flat refusal to observe the codes of respectable behaviour leave her perilously exposed. In Daisy Miller James created his first great portrait of the enigmatic and dangerously independent American woman, a figure who would come to dominate his later masterpieces.

About the author

Henry James, 1843-1916, American novelist, playwright, essayist and critic, he remains one of the most influential literary figures writing at the turn of the century.

Product details

• Authors: Henry James
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.04.2008
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 113 mm x 180 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Penguin Popular Classics; Pop Classics Original Jackets
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature