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1) Daisy Miller
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Language
English
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Description
When the young american Frederick Winterbourne meets his compatriot Daisy Miller in the garden of a grand hotel in Switzerland, he is struck by her beauty, but slightly unsettled by her open ways and her flirtatiousness. Undeterred by this and by his aunt's disapproval, he invites her to join him in a jaunt to a nearby castle, little suspecting that this is going to set in train a chain of events that promises to be a source of heartache and disappointment...
Author
Series
Library of America volume 29
Pub. Date
[1985]
Physical Desc
1,249 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Washington Square: Originally published in 1880 as a serial in Cornhill Magazine and Harper's New Monthly Magazine, it is a structurally simple tragicomedy that recounts the conflict between a dull but sweet daughter and her brilliant, unemotional father.
The portrait of a lady: When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy Aunt Touchett, it is expected that she will soon marry. But Isabel, resolved to determine...
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English
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Description
In early-20th-century London, Kate Croy and Merton Densher are engaged in a passionate, clandestine love affair. Croy is desperately in love with Densher, who has all the qualities of a potentially excellent husband: he's handsome, witty, and idealistic--the one thing he lacks is money, which ultimately renders him unsuitable as a mate. By chance, Croy befriends a young American heiress, Milly Theale. When Croy discovers that Theale suffers from a...
Author
Series
Library of America volume 82
Pub. Date
[1996]
Physical Desc
948 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Library of America volume 83
Pub. Date
[1996]
Physical Desc
ix, 946 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Library of America volume 107
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
904 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Library of America volume 106
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
941 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Laurel edition volume 9154
Pub. Date
1954.
Physical Desc
191 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
In The turn of the Screw, the story unfolds with the arrival of a new governess at a remote country estate. She has been hired by the uncle of two young orphans to take complete charge of the children's lives and upbringing. Her first peaceful weeks are disturbed by the apparition of the ghosts of two evil servants who once served in the house.
In Daisy Miller, a young American traveling abroad for the first time openly ignores the rigid European...
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