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This is a story about an American family, a mother, daughter and son touring Europe. The father is back home working in the States. The focus is upon the differences between European and American social standards, particularly in relation to courtship. The time setting is the latter half of the 1800s.
These are the questions we ask. Who is Daisy? What kind of a person is she? Is she just a pretty American flirt? Is she naïve and innocent? Does she realize her behavior is scandalous, or does she ...more
These are the questions we ask. Who is Daisy? What kind of a person is she? Is she just a pretty American flirt? Is she naïve and innocent? Does she realize her behavior is scandalous, or does she ...more
Travelling in Europe with her family, Daisy Miller, an exquisitely beautiful young American woman, presents her fellow-countryman Winterbourne with a dilemma he cannot resolve. Is she deliberately flouting social convention in the outspoken way she talks and acts, or is she simply ignorant of those conventions?
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Speravo qualcosa di meglio, ma evidentemente non era il momento adatto...
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