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Summary: Good, quick injection of James
Review: I hadn't read James for about eight years or so when I came across a copy of Daisy Miller in a pile of discarded books at a local university. It sat on my shelf for a while longer, as I knew full well that James writes in thick sentences, making up for the lack of volume by quite a bit.What I found was what I have come to expect from James, even in his early works. This book does a great deal in terms of pulling together many levels of interpretaion: Old World versus New World, common versus exclusive, and also the chaser and the chased. This last viewpoint in particular is what stuck with me. We have a young girl, and a young man. They meet once for a few days, and the young man becomes utterly fixated on her, if for any other reason that she is playing, in his view, hard to get. When she turns her attention elsewhere, the ante is doubled and tripled when, for a variety of reasons most likely centered around our young hero Winterbourne, the American society in Rome starts to give our heroin the "cold shoulder". Given that James writes most often to examine the person most in focus in the novel, I tend to atribute most of the troubles of this young girl to both herself and Winterbourne, not just the society of the time. This is far from a safe academic interpretation, however. The notes included in the book are helpful for getting into the mindset of the typical reader of James' day, but are not distracting. Overall, this would probably be suitible for an ambitios middle school student, and just right for most high school students.
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Summary: Suprisingly resonant
Review: I read this book as part of an English course on late-19th and 20th century American literature. It's the first time I've read a novel by Henry James, having so far only seen the movie adaptations of 'Portrait of a Lady' and 'Washington Square'. Having been wary of reading James (because of his reputation for dense, convoluted prose) I was surprised at this novel's relatively brisk plot and overall readability. The story itself, ostensibly a simple one about one man's inability to understand a seemingly complicated woman, also has interesting things to say about gender, class and the relationship between the United States (personified by the heroine) and the rest of the Western world. I was actually somewhat amazed that the image of America created through the characterization of Daisy Miller still rings true 125 years after this book's publication.
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Summary: Carefree like a normal teenage girl
Review: I read this book for an English report that I had to do, and I found it quite interesting. the way the James wrote about someone who was probabaly a normal girl that he had met on day or thought he might meet. Daisy acted like most teens that I know. She could have cared less about what others thought about her. I was very glad to read a book that was finally more real than it was meant to be.
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Summary: Review on Daisy Miller
Review: I read this book without thinking too much its meaning. To me, it merely shows the culural clash of personalities between naive Americans and pensive Europeans at around the time of the First World War. As Barbara Tuchman indicated in 'The Proud Tower', it was a time of rapid and unbelievable changes. Later I read that the personality of Daisy Miller reflected that of President Woodrow Wilson who failed miserably in his attempts to build the League of Nations and to make the world safe for democracy. I am afraid that reading the book did not covey this to me .
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Summary: does not convey the true meaning
Review: I read this book without thinking too much its meaning. To me, it merely shows the culural clash of personalities between naive Americans and pensive Europeans at around the time of the First World War. As Barbara Tuchman indicated in 'The Proud Tower', it was a time of rapid and unbelievable changes. Later I read that the personality of Daisy Miller reflected that of President Woodrow Wilson who failed miserably in his attempts to build the League of Nations and to make the world safe for democracy. I am afraid that reading the book did not covey this to me .
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Summary: Daisy Miller Review
Review: I recently read the Henry James novel, Daisy Miller, as an assigned reading for my high school English class. Although, I tend not to like the classics that much, I would recommend this book, especially to high school students. This book appears to build on the author's interest with psychology. While the theme is pretty obvious, the clash between reality and appearance, it holds the readers attention. In fact, this could be compared to many movie plots or the Real World TV show on MTV. The "ugly" American that travels to Europe. In the process, offending many because of their lack of knowledge of the culture. The Europeans never look beyond the surface. The theme seems like an everyday occurrence. The story is the difference between appearance and reality. The Europeans, represented by his aunt, only see the superficial and are overly judgmental. They do not see the innocence in Daisy. They regard her as vulgar. Frederick is torn between his friends and relatives who are critical of the apparent loose morals of Daisy. She socializes with men unescorted and stays out very late. She disregards the social mores of the time and the culture she is visiting. Daisy doesn't care about appearances while Frederick cares a great deal about the matter. He has to leave for his home in Geneva, and promises to see Daisy in Rome that winter. In late January, Frederick arrives in Rome to be told by his aunt that Daisy has not changed and is associating with Italian men! Her comments are unflattering towards Daisy. The tone is one of disapproval and suggests immoral behavior. Isn't this one our main faults of judging people on the appearance? An online reviewer of Daisy Miller commented "...The unreliable narrator is here in his full glory. I say "his" because in Daisy Miller, the masculinist bias of the narrator is the only reason for the story to exist. There is no plot. The standard critical drivel about "American" vs "European" girls is absurd...." Isn't it obvious that this was written in the late 1800's? That was the way of life of that time. However, it still is a tendency of this era only more understated.
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Summary: very intresting
Review: i think Daisy Miller was an intresting book. Daisy's care-free attitude about rules and society made her an intresting character and how she approached life. i think this book was very good, it showed u another aspect of how people view other people. Her innocent side was conveyed by Mr. Winterbourne while her "improper, vulgar" side was conveyed by the people of Rome such as Mrs. Costello and Mrs. Walker.
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Summary: A reader that picked a good book for a book report
Review: I thought Daisy Miller was a great book. It really makes you think about our society today. A lot of people think that other countries customs are strict and abnormal but just think about what they might be saying about our society today...teenagers do drugs at wild parties and get drunked, teenage girls as young as 13 have babies. Daisy was originaly from America, and grew up on America's customs. So when she went to Europe she was considered a low-class, social outcast and her behavior eventually lead to her death.
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Summary: Civility
Review: I'd like to take this opportunity to defend many of your accusations that James is boring or annoying, etc. Yes, James work is not immediately fulfilling as many of us have come to expect literature to be. Some things are subtle. James themes are primarily inornate in appearance, but upon analyzing you will find his work to be complex, fascinating, and maybe even satisfying. I urge readers not to dismiss his work on a purely subjective level, it really is beautiful and moving literature. P.S. Person who was talking about Tenesee Williams...chill with the random postings eh?
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Summary: Review on Daisy Miller
Review: In the novel "Daisy Miller", Henry James shows the readers how Daisy, a young American girl, lives outside the social guidelines of the upper class in the 1800's. Daisy travels through in Europe with her family when she meets an American man, Winterbourne. They had known each other for only four days when Daisy asked Winterbourne to come visit her in Italy, however, when he does, her friendship with a young Italian, Mr. Giovanelli, made Winterbourne realize that she was a "flirt." Daisy Miller does not have a father and I believe that she craves for attention from men, and her manipulation of men is one of the themes of the novel.
The author shows an interesting side of the characters and how they think about each other. The climax of this story was not what I had thought it would be and it was hard to notice. This novel was interesting however because it shows how people may think in one way, but act in another at times. I think that Henry James expressed the character's feeling well even though this novel was written in the third-person point of view.
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