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I love the way James writes. I did not like Washington Square but he had good character development. I read Daisy Miller second, instead of first as is the order in the book. I liked that better and recommend that order.
Not Daisy Miller girlbossing her way through the 1800s. Absolute legend.
Daisy Miller by itself would get three stars. I greatly enjoyed Washington Square. I will paraphrase a quote from a critic from 1881. It's a dismal tale with no agreeable characters, nothing but commonplace feelings and actions, making us study a leaden-colored group of emotions to show us even among the well-to-do, life is like that. The story is marvelously clever.A bit slow to get going, but a very easy read.
My version contains both Washington Square and Daisy Miller; I read Washington Square as a joint read with friends, and we will read Daisy Miller later this year.Washington Square - a very 'readable' classic for sure. I had wanted to read this ever since reading Reading Lolita in Tehran. Overall I found the story of our heroine, Catherine Sloper, to be quite tragic. I felt her life was always manipulated and controlled by others. But in the story's end, I for one was very pleased as I felt she f...
Daisy Miller = 3 StarsWashington Square = 4 Stars
I saw the film version of Washington Square with Olivia DeHavilland and then the stage play with Cherry Jones. Both were extremely good and I thoroughly enjoyed it, but, I think the book provided insight to the minds of the character. The transformation of Catherine, from the shy and timid girl to a woman of confidence, certainly allowed me to explore how a mind works. Of course, it was difficult to point finger who's at fault, since there was no one, but, the author James, certainly gave each c...
Daisy Miller and Washington Square♦️ Daisy MillerThis novella is certainly one for the books. Winterbourne meets a captivating young American woman, Daisy Miller via her annoying (my opinion) little brother. Daisy continually makes sure that Winterbourne knows that she is pretty darn popular among her set, mostly with gentlemen. She tells him, “I have more friends in New York than in Schenectady—more gentleman friends; and more young lady friends too,” she resumed in a moment. . . . “I have alwa...
