{"product_id":"daisy-miller-and-other-tales-paperback","title":"Daisy Miller and Other Tales - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHenry James\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eStephen Fender\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eStephen Fender\u003c\/b\u003e (Notes by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wonderful new collection of Henry James's short stories about Americans in Europe\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Daisy Miller is one of Henry James's great heroines: a young, independent American traveling in Europe, whose flouting of social conventions has the potential to lead to catastrophe. Her story is here accompanied by six more riffing on a classic Jamesian theme: the clash between the old world and new, Europe and America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry James \u003c\/b\u003e(1843-1916) was born in New York and died in London. In addition to many short stories, plays, and books of criticism, autobiography, and travel, he wrote some twenty novels, the first published being \u003ci\u003eRoderick Hudson \u003c\/i\u003e(1875). They include \u003ci\u003eThe Europeans\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWashington Square\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Portrait of a Lady\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bostonians\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Princess Casamassima\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Tragic Muse\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Spoils of Poynton\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Awkward Age\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wings of the Dove\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Ambassadors\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Bowl\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eStephen Fender \u003c\/b\u003e(introduction) was born in San Francisco and educated between the U.S. and U.K. He is currently a visiting professor at University College London. His most recent books include \u003ci\u003eLove, Sex, Death and Words: Surprising Tales from a Year in Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, co-authored with John Sutherland, and \u003ci\u003eThe Great American Speech\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 24, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753758884128,"sku":"9780141389776","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/961d11d8ec16292097356d3bcf79dd2f.webp?v=1780026905","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/daisy-miller-and-other-tales-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}