Author

Contributions

  • David Lodge (Editor, Introduction) - Contributor
  • Philip Horne (Editor) - Contributor

Publication

2007-12-18 - Penguin Classics

Language

English

Word Count

32,000 words, Guess

Page Count

128 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL10099485M
  • ISBN-139780141441344
  • ISBN-100141441348
  • OCLC Control Number85828791
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  • LibraryThing8419

Classifications

  • LCCPS2110

Description

A beautiful American girl, Daisy Miller, is pursued by the sophisticated Winterbourne, who moves in fairly conservative circles. Their courtship is frowned upon by the other Americans they meet in Switzerland and Italy because Daisy is too vivacious and flirtatious and neither belongs to, nor follows the rules of, their society. The novella is a comment on American and European attitudes towards each other and on social and cultural prejudice.

First Sentence

At the little town of Vevey, in Switzerland, there is a particularly comfortable hotel.

Description

Daisy Miller, an innocent yet bold American girl, runs afoul of the European code of conduct at the turn of the twentieth century.

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