{"product_id":"daisy-miller-9780375759666","title":"Daisy Miller","description":"Originally published in \u003ci\u003eThe Cornhill Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e in 1878 and in book form in 1879, \u003ci\u003eDaisy Miller\u003c\/i\u003e brought Henry James his first widespread commercial and critical success. The young Daisy Miller, an American on holiday with her mother on the shores of Switzerland's Lac Leman, is one of James's most vivid and tragic characters. Daisy's friendship with an American gentleman, Mr. Winterbourne, and her subsequent infatuation with a passionate but impoverished Italian bring to life the great Jamesian themes of Americans abroad, innocence versus experience, and the grip of fate. As Elizabeth Hardwick writes in her Introduction, Daisy Miller \"lives on, a figure out of literature who has entered history as a name, a vision.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Hardwick\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of many books and essays, including \u003ci\u003eHerman Melville\u003c\/i\u003e (Penguin Lives), \u003ci\u003eSleepless Nights\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAmerican Fictions\u003c\/i\u003e, available as a Modern Library paperback. She lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Modern Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491702051090,"sku":"9780375759666","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f66d6de4-3fd8-4eae-920d-458f5528e0a0.jpg?v=1748519512","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/daisy-miller-9780375759666","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}