Daisy Miller and An International Episode EPUB
by Henry James
Edited by Adrian Poole
Part of the Oxford World's Classics series
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'an inscrutable combination of audacity and innocence'Young Daisy Miller perplexes, amuses, and charms her stiff but susceptible fellow-American, Frederick Winterbourne.
Is she innocent or corrupt? Has he lived too long in Europe to judge her properly?
Amid the romantic scenery of Lake Geneva and Rome, their lively, precarious relationship develops to a climax in the Colosseum at midnight.
The tale gave James his first popular success, yet some compatriots detected treachery in its portrayal of young American womanhood.
James responded with 'AnInternational Episode', which exposes a couple of English gentlemen to the charm and wit of American sisters in Newport, RI and then in London.
Independently read, these short masterpieces probe the manners and morals of a newly emergent transatlantic world.
Together they shed light on each other,demonstrating the range of James's own manners, from sharp satire and buoyant comedy to complex, perhaps even tragic, pathos. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe.
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