Resultados para "Henry Miller" en Romántica

The innocent and insolent Daisy confronts the traditions of old Europe and confounds all of the people (especially the men) who surround her. All throughout the story, there are classic Jamesian views on the differences between English and American societies.

Daisy Miller is one of Henry James' shorter and earlier novels. It was written in 1878. It portrays the confused courtship of a headstrong American girl by Winterbourne, a compatriot of hers who is much more sophisticated. His pursuit of her is hampered by her own flirtatiousness, which is frowned upon by the other expatriates they meet in Switzerland and Italy.

When Frederick, an American expatriate traveling in Europe, meets the commonplace, newly rich Miller family from New York, he is charmed by the daughter, Daisy, and her "inscrutable combination of audacity and innocence". The Millers have no perception of the complex code that underlies behavior in European society, and Winterbourne is astonished at the girl's unworldliness and her mother's unconcern when Daisy accompanies him to the Castle of Chillon.

Daisy Miller is a beautiful and flirtatious rich young American visiting a Swiss spa. There she meets upper class expatriate American, Frederick Winterbourne, who is warned about her reckless ways with men by his aunt. Their relationship and Daisy's with the Italian lawyer Mr. Giovanelli leads to a climactic scene in the Coliseum in Rome, followed by tragedy and regret.

Payton liebt die Kälte Alaskas und braucht Stille, um den Lärm in sich zu überlagern. Willow liebt die Wärme Floridas und braucht Lärm, um die Stille in sich zu überlagern. Viel haben die beiden nicht gemeinsam und doch kreuzen sich ihre Wege, als Willows Job sie in die endlosen Weiten Alaskas führt, wo es still, verschneit und einsam ist – und ausgerechnet der distanzierte und abweisende Payton ihr aus der Patsche helfen muss.

Mitten in der Wüste Nevadas glitzert Las Vegas – und Kayden, die Queen des Spiels. Die Karten werden jedoch neu gemischt, als sie auf Jasper trifft, der mehr in ihr zu sehen scheint als ihre flüchtigen Männerbekanntschaften – und sie ihr Herz verliert. Doch zwischen den funkelnden Lichtern der Stadt tauchen Schatten auf, als Kayden anonyme Nachrichten erhält, die ihre dunkelsten Flecken aus der Vergangenheit aufzudecken drohen.

Henry James' signature theme - the American abroad - centers here on a chatterbox, provincial (not to say ignorant) daughter of a wealthy Schenectady industrialist, as she travels through Europe with her doting, vapid mother and rambunctious young brother. She meets up with one Mr. Winterbourne, another ex-patriate, with whom she flirts before coming to a sad end.

Daisy Miller is one of James' most haunting characters. In this reading, Mullen brings her to life in all her innocent playfulness and melancholic yearning.