Henry James

Daisy Miller Annotated Henry James

Daisy Miller is a novel by Henry James that first appeared in Cornhill Magazine in June to 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. His pursuit of her is hampered by her own flirtatiousness, which is frowned upon by the other expatriates when they meet in Switzerland and Italy.