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I don't think I'm a fan of Henry James's writing style, although I enjoyed this one more than The Turn of the Screw. There's just never really any character development or enough complexity to the plot, it's ambiguous enough that I didn't really care one way or the other what his goal for the reader was.
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This novella is an illustration of the differences between European structured societal norms and American free action.
Daisy is an American on vacation in Europe and is carefree to the point of being careless, both with her own health, safety, and reputation, and with the feelings of others.
Winterbourne is the charming, considerate young American student who has been living in Europe long enough that he has adopted the values and social norms, and who falls temporarily in lust with Daisy.
She t ...more
Daisy is an American on vacation in Europe and is carefree to the point of being careless, both with her own health, safety, and reputation, and with the feelings of others.
Winterbourne is the charming, considerate young American student who has been living in Europe long enough that he has adopted the values and social norms, and who falls temporarily in lust with Daisy.
She t ...more
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