Hovedpersonen, amerikanske Daisy Miller, prøver seg fram og blir freista både moralsk og erotisk, av overflatisk danna europeiske menn. Lesaren opplever det som hender med Daisy gjennom auga til den amerikanske studenten Winterbourne. Boka er forfatterens gjennombrotsroman.
... that first appeared in Cornhill Magazine in June-July 1878, and in book form the following year. It portrays the courtship of the beautiful American girl Daisy Miller by Winterbourne, a sophisticated compatriot of hers. From a general summary to chapter summaries to explanations of famous quotes, the SparkNotes Daisy Miller Study Guide has everything you need to ace quizzes, tests ... Directed by Peter Bogdanovich. With Cybill Shepherd, Barry Brown, Cloris Leachman, Mildred Natwick. In this comedy of manners, Frederick Winterbourne tries to figure ... Daisy Miller, published in 1879 brought Henry Miller his first success. The short novela (72 pages) casts an eye of societal norms of the day. Told through the eyes of a fellow American but raised in Geneva, Winterbourne is charmed by the open spirited Daisy Miller, who is traveling in Europe with her mother and nine-year brother, Randolph. Daisy Miller might just be the most widely read and studied work of Henry James, an American novel...