Daisy Miller - Henry James

Daisy Miller

By Henry James

  • Release Date: 1916-01-01
  • Genre: Fiction for Young Adults
Score: 4
4
From 227 Ratings

Description

The plot centers around a Europeanized American man named Winterbourne, who meets a nouveau riche American woman going by the name Daisy Miller. A short novel, James wields the sword of fiction to craft a "study" of the roles of men and women, social relationships, cultural intersection, the allure of money, foolishness and wisdom, the responsibilities of parents, and the impact of one's life upon others.

Reviews

  • Bit Haunting

    5
    By existenceisfoetile
    Without giving much away, the tragic elements of this story I found both moving and kinda haunting. I can’t name any even remotely romantic books I’ve liked, but I found this one pulling at my heart strings, and coming back into memory here and there.
  • English book

    3
    By Mae616
    I read this as an English book and it’s actually one of the vary few book I actually enjoyed reading.
  • Pretty good

    4
    By E-Gemini3
    The story is pretty much long, and you will start to understand Daisy’s motives in Part 2. In the story, you will compare the social classes with their personalities/perspectives towards each other. Plus the “society “ is most often mentioned in the story. Overall it was pretty good detailed story.
  • Timeless

    5
    By Gricks
    Miller captures the quintessential "American girl" in Europe!
  • A good story:

    4
    By Vdbxsw
    Not dated still--like Gatsby. I can even forgive James his narrative intrusions ('dear reader').