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Daisy Miller is a fascinating portrait of a young woman from Schenectady, New York, who, traveling in Europe, runs afoul of the socially pretentious American expatriate community in Rome. First published in 1878, the novella brought American novelist Henry James (1843-1916),... Read Full Overview

A special edition with 48 illustrations by Harry McVickar from an early edition.

Daisy Miller first appeared in Cornhill Magazine in 1878, and in book form the following year. It portrays the courtship of the beautiful American girl Daisy Miller by Winterbourne,... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

Daisy Miller is a novella by Henry James that first appeared in Cornhill Magazine in June-July 1878, and in book form the following year. It portrays the courtship of the beautiful American girl Daisy Miller by Winterbourne, a sophisticated compatriot of hers. His pursuit of... Read Full Overview

Annie "Daisy" Miller and Frederick Winterbourne first meet in Vevey, Switzerland, in a garden of the grand hotel, where Winterbourne is allegedly vacationing from his studies (an attachment to an older lady is rumoured. They are introduced by Randolph Miller, Daisy's nine-year-old... Read Full Overview

Daisy Miller is a novel by Henry James that first appeared in Cornhill Magazine in June-July 1878, and in book form the following year. It portrays the courtship of the beautiful American girl Daisy Miller by Winterbourne, a sophisticated compatriot of hers. His pursuit of her... Read Full Overview

Henry James' novella "Daisy Miller" portrays the clash between American innocence and European sophistication in the late nineteenth century. Daisy Miller, a lovely and unusual young woman, arrives in Europe with her family, disrupting the rigid social rules of the Old World,... Read Full Overview

An Emotional Literary Classic by Henry James "I have never allowed a gentleman to dictate to me, or to interfere with anything I do." Daisy Miller , by American-born British author Henry James, is a masterpiece of feminist fiction. Published in 1879, it's set in the late 19th... Read Full Overview

Originally published in The Cornhill Magazine in 1878 and in book form in 1879, Daisy Miller brought Henry James his first widespread commercial and critical success. The young Daisy Miller, an American on holiday with her mother on the shores of Switzerland's Lac Leman, is one... Read Full Overview

Here is Henry James classic masterpiece, Daisy Miller. Daisy is a youthful, exuberant American girl vacationing in Europe. She typifies the brashness of America--a brashness that clashes with the European society to which she finds herself drawn. This poignant tragedy plays out... Read Full Overview

Daisy Miller travels to Europe with her wealthy, commonplace mother and in her innocence and audacity offends convention and seems to compromise her reputation.

Henry James's Daisy Millerwas an immediate sensation when it was first published in 1878 and has remained popular ever since. In this novella, the charming but inscrutable young American of the title shocks European society with her casual indifference to its social mores. The... Read Full Overview

Annie "Daisy" Miller and Frederick Winterbourne first meet in Vevey, Switzerland, in a beautiful garden of the grand hotel where Winterbourne is on holiday from his studies. They are introduced by Randolph Miller, Daisy's 9-year-old brother.

Originally published in The Cornhill Magazine in 1878 and in book form in 1879, Daisy Miller brought Henry James his first widespread commercial and critical success. The young Daisy Miller, an American on holiday with her mother on the shores of Switzerland's Lac Leman, is one... Read Full Overview

La se orita Annie P. Miller aparece en Vevey, Suiza, con su madre y su hermano. Su padre, opulento y tosco nuevo rico, quiere pulirla y europeizarla. Daisy, como es llamada, conoce a un refinado joven norteamericano llamado Winterbourne, que se interesa por ella, desconcertado... Read Full Overview

Daisy Miller (The 1879 Version)