| Daisy Miller by Henry James, Fiction, Classics Contributor(s): James, Henry (Author) |
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ISBN: 1592246230 ISBN-13: 9781592246236 Publisher: Wildside Press OUR PRICE: $25.16 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2003 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: "Daisy Miller" portrays a venturesome American girl in the treacherous waters of European society. This amusing tale of willful yet innocent flirtation brilliantly conveys psychological and social insight into American and European values. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 6.46" W x 9.38" (0.98 lbs) 164 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 68771 Reading Level: 8.6 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It was in Rome during the autumn of 1877; a friend then living there but settled now in a South less weighted with appeals and memories happened to mention -- which she might perfectly not have done -- some simple and uninformed American lady of the previous winter, whose young daughter, a child of nature and of freedom, accompanying her from hotel to hotel, had "picked up" by the wayside, with the best conscience in the world, a good-looking Roman, of vague identity, astonished at his luck, yet (so far as might be, by the pair) all innocently, all serenely exhibited and introduced: this at least till the occurrence of some small social check, some interrupting incident, of no great gravity or dignity, and which I forget I had never heard, save on this showing, of the amiable but not otherwise eminent ladies, who weren't in fact named, I think, and whose case had merely served to point a familiar moral; and it must have been just their want of salience that left a margin for the small pencil-mark inveterately signifying, in such connections, "Dramatize, dramatize " The result of my recognizing a few months later the sense of my pencil-mark was the short chronicle of DAISY MILLER. -- Henry James |
Contributor Bio(s): James, Henry: - "Henry James (1843 - 1916) was an American-born British writer. He is regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. He was the son of Henry James, Sr. and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James. He is best known for a number of novels showing Americans encountering Europe and Europeans. His method of writing from a character's point of view allowed him to explore issues related to consciousness and perception, and his style in later works has been compared to impressionist painting. His imaginative use of point of view, interior monologue and unreliable narrators brought a new depth to narrative fiction." |