Daisy Miller and Other Stories James Henry
Daisy Miller and Other Stories James Henry The tale of Daisy's irruption into staid European society enjoyed, as did Daisy herself, a succes de scandale; and it has remained one of Jamess most…
Specifikacia Daisy Miller and Other Stories James Henry
Daisy Miller and Other Stories James Henry
The tale of Daisy's irruption into staid European society enjoyed, as did Daisy herself, a succes de scandale; and it has remained one of Jamess most popular short stories. Is the new independent American girl enchanting in her spontaneity, alarming in her unpredictability, or merely vulnerable in her ignorance of social codes? Like the others collected here--'Pandora, ' 'The Patagonia, ' and 'Four Meetings'-- it describes a confrontation between different values in a changing world.
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.About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of