Daisy Miller: A42205 (Folio 2 Euros)

Daisy Miller: Large Print by Henry James ticular, the various hotels at which they had stopped. "That English lady in the cars," she said--"Miss Featherstone-- asked me if we didn't all live in hotels in America. I told her I had never been in so many hotels in my life as since I came to Europe. I have never seen so many--it's nothing but hotels." But Miss Miller did not make this remark with a querulous accent; she appeared to be in the best humor with everything. She declared that the hotels were very good, when once you got used to their ways, and that Europe was perfectly sweet. She was not disappointed--not a bit. Perhaps it was because she had heard so much about it before. She had ever so many intimate friends that had been there ever so many times. And then she had had ever so many dresses and things from Paris. Whenever she put on a Paris dress she felt as if she were in Europe. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

Daisy Miller est jeune, belle et riche, mais son indépendance et ses manières excentriques d'Américaine choquent la vieille société européenne qui lui ferme ses portes. Toujours accompagnée de Giovanelli, un jeune mondain chasseur de dots, elle compromet sa réputation avec désinvolture. Même Winterbourne, son meilleur ami, ne croit plus à son innocence. Un soir, alors qu'elle contemple le clair de lune au pied du Colisée, elle contracte une maladie mortelle...