Daisy Miller and Other Stories (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780199538560)

The tale of Daisy's irruption into staid European society enjoyed, as did Daisy herself, a succ鑚 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 in her ignorance of social codes? Hung about with make admirers who seek, uncertainly, to grasp the new phenomenon, Daisy marches on undiscourageable, to her triumphant--or tragic--destiny.

This volume contains prefaces by Henry James, a chronology of his life, and editor's notes.

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Author: Henry James
ISBN-10: 0199538565
ISBN-13: 9780199538560
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 03/15/2009
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.80d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 8.6
Point Value: 4
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 68771 / Daisy Miller