Henry James’s 1878 short story Daisy Miller has become famous for depicting a young American woman’s freewheeling rebellion against the claims of family, community, and custom. The story’s success as a symbol of American naiveté and recklessness transformed James from a regional author into a national figure.
The story begins in the lakeside resort town of Vevey, Switzerland. Frederick Winterbourne, an expatriate American, is staying at a hotel called Trois Couronnes with his aunt and her daughter Daisy. He is pleasantly surprised by the talkative, pretty American girl and is attracted to her forthrightness and lack of the shy feminine mannerisms that he has come to expect of young ladies.
Winterbourne is intrigued by Daisy and invites her to go to a chateau in the mountains with him and his niece Randolph. During the trip she is frank and charming with him, but he feels uncomfortable by her lack of the usual feminine reserve. Afterward, he is annoyed when she teases him that she and Giovanelli are engaged, then tells him they are not.
Daisy’s refusal to obey social conventions causes her problems, which escalate into tragedy. When other Americans abroad warn her to stay indoors for fear of catching a dreaded disease, she defies them and goes out. She is exposed to the disease and dies a week later. Winterbourne has difficulty understanding her behavior and concludes that she was an innocent who didn’t deserve such a tragic fate.
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