Daisy Miller (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Henry James
- First Published: 1878
- Type of Work: Novelette
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Nineteenth century, Social issues, Class consciousness, Diseases, Switzerland or Swiss people, Rome
- Locales: Rome, Italy, Switzerland
An early work, Daisy Miller is written in a simple style that avoids the ponderous and abstract vocabulary and syntax of James’s later works. Also, like most of his early fiction, the tale has elements of a moral allegory and features a love triangle as the basis for the plot.
Here we have the prototype of a situation that James called the “international theme.” Though he was American by birth, James spent most of his life abroad living in France, Switzerland, and England, finally becoming a British citizen. He found that his perspective on both American and European...
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