pickabook books with huge discounts for everyone
pickabook books with huge discounts for everyone
Visit our new collection website www.collectionsforschool.co.uk
     
Email: Subscribe to news & offers:
Need assistance? Log In/Register


Item Details
Title: DAISY MILLER AND OTHER STORIES
By: Henry James, Pat Righelato, Dr. Keith Carabine
Format: Paperback

List price: £2.50


We currently do not stock this item, please contact the publisher directly for further information.

ISBN 10: 1853262137
ISBN 13: 9781853262135
Publisher: WORDSWORTH EDITIONS LTD
Pub. date: 5 August, 1994
Series: Wordsworth Classics
Pages: 256
Description: A collection of three tales: "Daisy Miller", "An International Episode" and "Lady Barbarina".
Synopsis: With an Introduction and Notes by Pat Righelato, University of Reading.Daisy Miller is one of Henry James's most attractive heroines: she represents youth and frivolity. As a tourist in Italy, her American freedom and freshness of spirit come up against the corruption and hypocrisy of European manners. From its first publication, readers on both sides of the Atlantic have quarrelled about her, defending or attacking the liberties that Daisy takes and the conventions that she ignores. All three tales in this collection, Daisy Miller, An International Episode and Lady Barbarina, express James's most notable subject, 'the international theme', the encounters, romantic and cultural, between Americans and Europeans.His heroes and heroines approach each other on unfamiliar ground with new freedoms, yet find themselves unexpectedly hampered by old constraints. In An International Episode, an English lord visiting Newport, Rhode Island, falls in love with an American girl, but their relationship becomes more complicated when she travels to London.In the light-hearted comedy Lady Barbarina, a rich young American seeks an English aristocratic bride. The unusual outcomes of these three tales pose a number of social questions about marriage and the traditional roles of men and women. Is an international marriage symbolic of the highest cultural fusion of values or is it an old style raid and capture? Is marriage to remain the feminine destination?
Publication: UK
Imprint: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Returns: Non-returnable
Some other items by this author:
"IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND." A MATTER OF FACT ROMANCE VOLUME 3
"THE BEAST IN THE JUNGLE (PB)
Документы Асперна; THE ASPERN PAPERS, RUSSIAN EDITION
Международный Эпизод; AN INTERNATIONAL EPISODE (RUSSIAN EDITION)
100 SELECTED STORIES
100 SELECTED STORIES (PB)
5 AMERICAN MASTERS (PB)
A BUNDLE OF LETTERS
A BUNDLE OF LETTERS
A BUNDLE OF LETTERS ESPRIOS CLASSICS (PB)
A BUNDLE OF LETTERS (CLASSIC REPRINT)
A BUNDLE OF LETTERS (EBOOK)
A BUNDLE OF LETTERS (HB)
A BUNDLE OF LETTERS (PB)
A BUNDLE OF LETTERS (PB)
A BUNDLE OF LETTERS (PB)
A BUNDLE OF LETTERS (PB)
A BUNDLE OF LETTERS. REPRINTED FROM THE PARISIAN
A BUNDLE OF LETTERS. REPRINTED FROM THE PARISIAN
A BUNDLE OF LETTERS. REPRINTED FROM THE PARISIAN (HB)
A CONCORDANCE TO HENRY JAMES' WHAT MAISIE KNEW (HB)
A DAY OF DAYS (1866)
A DAY OF DAYS (1866) (PB)
A DIARY OF A MAN OF FIFTY (1879)
A DIARY OF A MAN OF FIFTY (1879) (PB)
A LANDSCAPE PAINTER
A LANDSCAPE PAINTER
A LANDSCAPE PAINTER
A LANDSCAPE PAINTER
A LANDSCAPE PAINTER
A LANDSCAPE PAINTER
A LANDSCAPE PAINTER
A LANDSCAPE PAINTER (PB)
A LANDSCAPE PAINTER (CLASSIC REPRINT) (PB)
A LANDSCAPE PAINTER (HB)
A LANDSCAPE PAINTER (HB)
A LANDSCAPE PAINTER (HB)
A LANDSCAPE PAINTER (HB)
A LANDSCAPE PAINTER (PB)
A LANDSCAPE PAINTER (PB)
A LIGHT MAN (1869)
A LIGHT MAN (1869) (PB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (PB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (PB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE ESPRIOS CLASSIC (PB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (1884)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (1884) (PB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (CLASSIC REPRINT) (PB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (CLASSIC REPRINT) (PB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (DODO PRESS)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (ED.1900)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (HB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (HB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (HB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (HB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (HB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (HB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (HB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (HB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (HB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (HB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (HB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (HB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (HB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (HB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (HB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (HB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (HB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (HB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (HB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (HB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (HB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (HB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (HB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (HB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (PB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (PB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (PB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (PB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (PB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (PB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (PB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (PB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (PB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE (PB)
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE - PRIMARY SOURCE EDITION
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE - SCHOLAR'S CHOICE EDITION
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE - SCHOLAR'S CHOICE EDITION
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE.
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE...
A LITTLE TOUR OF FRANCE
A LITTLE YOUR IN FRANCE
A LONDON LIFE
A LONDON LIFE
A LONDON LIFE
A LONDON LIFE
A LONDON LIFE
A LONDON LIFE
A LONDON LIFE
A LONDON LIFE
A LONDON LIFE
A LONDON LIFE (1888)
A LONDON LIFE (1888) (PB)
A LONDON LIFE (HB)
A LONDON LIFE (HB)
A LONDON LIFE (HB)
A LONDON LIFE (HB)
A LONDON LIFE (HB)
A LONDON LIFE (PB)
A LONDON LIFE (PB)
A LONDON LIFE AND OTHER TALES
A LONDON LIFE AND OTHER TALES (DODO PRESS)
A LONDON LIFE, AND OTHER TALES ESPRIOS (PB)
A LONDON LIFE. THE PATAGONIA. [&C.]
A LONDON LIFE. THE PATAGONIA. [&C.] (HB)
A LONDON LIFE. THE PATAGONIA. [&C.].
A LONDON LIFE; THE PATAGONIA; THE LIAR; (PB)
A LONDON LIFE; THE PATAGONIA; THE LIAR; MRS. TEMPERLY (CLASSIC REPRINT)
A MODERN WARNING (1888)
A MODERN WARNING (1888) (PB)
A MOST EXTRAORDINARY CASE (1868)
A MOST EXTRAORDINARY CASE (1868) (PB)
A MOST EXTRAORDINARY CASE (PB)
A NEW ENGLAND WINTER (1884)
A NEW ENGLAND WINTER (1884) (PB)
A NEW ENGLAND WINTER (PB)
A PAIR OF BLUE EYES (PB)
A PASSIONATE PILGRIM
A PASSIONATE PILGRIM
A PASSIONATE PILGRIM
A PASSIONATE PILGRIM
A PASSIONATE PILGRIM
A PASSIONATE PILGRIM (1871)
A PASSIONATE PILGRIM (1871) (PB)
A PASSIONATE PILGRIM (DODO PRESS)
A PASSIONATE PILGRIM (HB)
A PASSIONATE PILGRIM (HB)
A PASSIONATE PILGRIM (HB)
A PASSIONATE PILGRIM (PB)
A PASSIONATE PILGRIM (PB)
A PASSIONATE PILGRIM (PB)
A PASSIONATE PILGRIM, AND OTHER TALES
A PASSIONATE PILGRIM, AND OTHER TALES
A PASSIONATE PILGRIM, AND OTHER TALES
A PASSIONATE PILGRIM, AND OTHER TALES
A PASSIONATE PILGRIM, AND OTHER TALES
A PASSIONATE PILGRIM, AND OTHER TALES
A PASSIONATE PILGRIM, AND OTHER TALES
A PASSIONATE PILGRIM, AND OTHER TALES
A PASSIONATE PILGRIM, AND OTHER TALES (CLASSIC REPRINT)
A PASSIONATE PILGRIM, AND OTHER TALES (HB)
A PASSIONATE PILGRIM, AND OTHER TALES (HB)
A PASSIONATE PILGRIM, AND OTHER TALES (HB)
A PASSIONATE PILGRIM, AND OTHER TALES (HB)
A POOR MAN'S PHOTOGRAPHY AT THE GREAT PYRAMID IN THE YEAR 1865
A POOR MAN'S PHOTOGRAPHY AT THE GREAT PYRAMID IN THE YEAR 1865
A POOR MAN'S PHOTOGRAPHY AT THE GREAT PYRAMID IN THE YEAR 1865
A POOR MAN'S PHOTOGRAPHY AT THE GREAT PYRAMID IN THE YEAR 1865; COMPARED WITH THAT OF THE ORDNANCE SURVEY ESTABLISHMENT. SUBSIDISED BY LONDON WEALTH. AND UNDER THE ORDERS OF COL. SIR HENRY JAMES, R.E.,F.R.S., DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE ORDNANCE SURVEY, AT T (PB)
A PORTRAIT OF A LADY (CD)
A PORTRAIT OF A LADY (PB)
A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN
A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN (PB)
A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN & THE VOYAGE OUT (PB)
A ROUND OF VISITS (1910)
A ROUND OF VISITS (1910) (PB)
A ROUND OF VISITS (PB)
A SERMON PREACHED BEFORE THE KING AT NEW MARKET, OCTOBER 11, 1674 BY HENRY JAMES ... (1674)
A SMALL BOY AND OTHERS
A SMALL BOY AND OTHERS
A SMALL BOY AND OTHERS
A SMALL BOY AND OTHERS
A SMALL BOY AND OTHERS
A SMALL BOY AND OTHERS
A SMALL BOY AND OTHERS
A SMALL BOY AND OTHERS


CUSTOMERS WHO PURCHASED THIS ITEM ALSO BOUGHT
The Memoirs of a Survivor (Paperback)
By: Doris Lessing
more details
Fahrenheit 451 (Paperback)
By: Ray Bradbury
more details
The Drowned World (Paperback)
By: J. G. Ballard, Martin Amis
more details
TOP SELLERS IN THIS CATEGORY
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
By: William Golding
Faber & Faber
Our Price : £6.56
more details
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Constance Garnett (Trans), Dr. Keith Carabine
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Our Price : £2.91
more details
A Christmas Carol (Paperback)
By: Charles Dickens
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Our Price : £2.91
more details
To Kill A Mockingbird (Paperback)
By: Harper Lee
Cornerstone
Our Price : £6.56
more details
White Nights (Paperback)
By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Penguin Books Ltd
Our Price : £2.19
more details
BROWSE FOR BOOKS IN RELATED CATEGORIES
 FICTION
 general & literary fiction


Information provided by www.pickabook.co.uk
SHOPPING BASKET
  
Your basket is empty
  Total Items: 0
 

NEW
Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr
By: SARA KHAN
A celebratory, inclusive and educational exploration of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr for both children that celebrate and children who want to understand and appreciate their peers who do.
add to basket

Learning
That''s My Story!: Drama for Confidence, Communication and C...
By: ADAM POWER-ANNAND
The ability to communicate is an essential life skill for all children, underpinning their confidence, personal and social wellbeing, and sense of self.
add to basket