Analysis Of Daisy Miller By Henry James

The personal novel I chose was called “Daisy Miller” by Henry James. The publishers were Harper & Brothers, which was published in 1879. There are a total of 43 pages. The way James’ novels are structured is that he begins it with a situation and a character. James would then, in effect, sit back and simply observe what would happen when a character was confronted with this new situation. This allowed him more freedom and allowed him the opportunity of "getting to know" his character by observing him in a series of scenes.

Daisy meets Winterbourne in the garden at the Trois Couronnes and impresses him with her bubbling jabber. Daisy and Winterbourne head to the castle at Chillon together on a boat. How exciting! At Chillon, that clever Daisy …show more content…
He was a citizen of the world and moved freely in and out of drawing rooms in Europe, England, and America. He was perhaps more at home in Europe than he was in America, but the roots of his life belong to the American continent. Thus, with few exceptions, most of his works deal with some type of confrontation between an American and a European. The James family made frequent and extended visits to Europe during Henry James's childhood, and some of his education occurred in places such as Paris and Geneva. His father scorned material pursuits, and James's education was often unorthodox, including public schooling, private tutoring, and some training as a painter. James spent a year studying law at Harvard, though he quickly left to pursue writing. James published his first short story, in late 1861, and he soon acquired an important friendship with William Dean Howells, the rising young editor of the Atlantic Monthly. James became a successful journalist quite quickly because of his social connections with the Boston and New York elite. His relationship with Howells became an important connection between two public intellectuals and writers. They read each other's work and promoted each other, and the two are considered prominent exponents of American literary Realism-though James would later become something other than a Realist. James took his first trip to Europe as an adult in 1869. It …show more content…
The first book review explains how the author likes to write about his characters and actions from differing perspectives, how Daisy Miller acts like, and the reader’s reaction. I’m on the same page where the reader says that different perspectives are being used among the roles and personalities. It gives the reader a better understanding on how everyone feels on a certain thing/person. " I am beginning to understand that he likes to write about his characters and actions from differing perspectives, and his novella Daisy Miller is certainly an excellent example." - Goodreads. For the second book review, the reader talks about how the writing style was dense and ornate, how she liked Daisy for the most part, and that the ending was terrible, yet intelligent. I think that Daisy was an odd character for how she’s unclear on choosing decisions, but she does have a classy nature, which people should have nowadays. The ending could have been better so Daisy can live together with Winterbourne since I’m sure they’re meant for one another. "The ending sucked, though. That was a shock! But the bait and switch with her two male suitors was pretty clever, I thought." -