Daisy Miller and Other Stories

by Henry James

Book Overview

The tale of Daisy's irruption into staid European society enjoyed, as did Daisy herself, a succ s de scandale; and it has remained one of Jamess most popular short stories. Like the others collected here--'Pandora, ' 'The Patagonia, ' and 'Four Meetings'-- it describes a confrontation between different values in a changing world. Is the new independent American girl enchanting in her spontaneity, alarming in her unpredictability, or merely vulnerable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199538565
• ISBN13: 9780199538560
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 7.6"