Daisy Miller

by Henry James

First published 1877 · 75 pages

About this book

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.

  • Fiction
  • Americans
  • Young women
  • Americans in fiction
  • Young women in fiction
  • Europe in fiction
  • Drama
  • Social life and customs

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