Bibliograph

Daisy Miller ;, The Aspern papers ; the turn of the screw ; The beast in the jungle, Henry James

Type

Label

Daisy Miller ;, The Aspern papers ; the turn of the screw ; The beast in the jungle, Henry James

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Daisy Miller ;

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Henry James

Sub title

The Aspern papers ; the turn of the screw ; The beast in the jungle

Summary

First published in 'Cornhill Magazine' between June and July 1878, and in book form the following year, this Henry James's short novel portrays the courtship of the beautiful young American woman Daisy Miller by Frederick Winterbourne, a sophisticated compatriot of her. Winterbourne's pursuit is hampered by his own presumption, which is frowned upon by other expatriates in Switzerland and Italy. This short novel serves both as a psychological description of a young woman's mind, and as an analysis of the traditional views of a society in which she is seen as a clear outsider. Henry James uses Daisy's story to analyse what he believes Europeans and Americans believe about each other, and, more generally, the prejudices common to any culture

Target audience

adult

Classification