2012, ISBN: 014119975X

[EAN: 9780141199757], Neubuch, [PU: Penguin Books Ltd, London], Paperback. The new paperback series- Penguin English Library"I'm a fearful, frightful flirt! Did you ever hear of a nice gi… More...

[EAN: 9780141199757], Neubuch, [PU: Penguin Books Ltd, London], Paperback. The new paperback series- Penguin English Library"I'm a fearful, frightful flirt! Did you ever hear of a nice girl that was not?"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? When she strikes up an intimate friendship with an urbane young Italian, her flat refusal to observe the codes of respectable behaviour leave her perilously exposed. In Daisy Miller James created his first great portrait of the enigmatic and dangerously independent American woman, a figure who would come to dominate his later masterpieces.". a figure of quite as unmistakable horror and evil- a woman in black, pale and dreadful - with such an air also, and such a face! - on the other side of the lake"Oscar Wilde called James's chilling The Turn of the Screw 'a most wonderful, lurid poisonous little tale'. It tells of a young governess sent to a country house to take charge of two orphans, Miles and Flora. Unsettled by a sense of intense evil within the houses, she soon becomes obsessed with the belief that malevolent forces are stalking the children in her care. 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? Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability., Books<

2012, ISBN: 9780141199757

The Penguin English Library Edition of Daisy Miller and The Turn of the Screw by Henry James"I'm a fearful, frightful flirt! Did you ever hear of a nice girl that was not?"This edition co… More...

The Penguin English Library Edition of Daisy Miller and The Turn of the Screw by Henry James"I'm a fearful, frightful flirt! Did you ever hear of a nice girl that was not?"This edition contains two of Henry James's most popular short works. 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? In Daisy Miller Henry James created his first great portrait of the enigmatic and dangerously independent American woman, a figure who would come to dominate his later masterpieces.Oscar Wilde called James's chilling The Turn of the Screw 'a most wonderful, lurid poisonous little tale'. It tells of a young governess sent to a country house to take charge of two orphans, Miles and Flora. Unsettled by a sense of intense evil within the houses, she soon becomes obsessed with the belief that malevolent forces are stalking the children in her care.The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War. Books Henry James|Paperback|Penguin Books Ltd|30/08/2012, Penguin Books Ltd<

2012, ISBN: 014119975X

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2012, ISBN: 014119975X

[EAN: 9780141199757], Neubuch, [PU: Penguin Books Ltd], 2012. UK ed. Paperback. Travelling in Europe with her family, Daisy Miller, an exquisitely beautiful young American woman, presents… More...

[EAN: 9780141199757], Neubuch, [PU: Penguin Books Ltd], 2012. UK ed. Paperback. 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? Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 160. . . . . ., Books<

2012, ISBN: 014119975X

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