Dec 20, 2009

Daisy Miller | Daisy Miller

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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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Daisy Miller | Daisy Miller

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