"Daisy Miller is an 1878 novella by Henry James first appearing in Cornhill Magazine in Jun-July 1879, and in book form the following year.[1] It portrays the courtship of the beautiful American girl Daisy Miller by Winterbourne, a sophisticated compatriot of hers. His pursuit of her is hampered by her own flirtatiousness, which is frowned upon by the other expatriates they meet in Switzerland and Italy."

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_Miller


Used book received from a friend.
Registered with a pre-numbered label on October 10th, 2011.
Reserved for collectorkerri's First Sentences VBB - Round 5.

Sent to starrdust in Canada, as part of the First Sentences VBB,
organized by collectorkerri. The sentence was:
"At the little town of Vevey, in Switzerland, there is a particularly comfortable hotel."

Happy reading! :)

This little book arrived safely at my Post Office here in Canada and I picked it up yesterday. Thanks so much, vedranaster! I'm excited to read this book now that I know what it is, and it was fun to receive mail from your home town / country.

Finished this short story in one day on the long weekend, and found it to be an interesting little book. This is the first book by Henry James that I have read. It was satisfying as a short story, with a clear beginning, middle and ending.

I've decided to set up my first Bookray with this lovely little book, to let it travel further in the world.

Here are the participants (note that the order might change if more people join):

* Maranlin - Canada (able to post international)
* judygreeneyes - USA (able to post international)
* Tsjara - Netherlands (able to post international)
* ruzena - Finland (able to post international) <--- book is here

* Anyone else? Send me a pm or sign up on the Forum group

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The last participant can do what they wish: keep the book, set it free in the wild, or pass it on to someone else

Note: Order is subject to change based on shipping preferences and others joining the bookray.

How the bookray works:
* Someone will PM you for your address. PM them back and provide your address
* When you receive the book, please make a journal entry letting everyone know that you received it
* Put the book at the top of your TBR pile (under other rings/rays that arrived first)
* Read the book (take your time and enjoy the book, don't feel rushed to finish it but try to get it out to next reader within four weeks)
* When the end is in sight, check the book's journal and PM the next person to get their address
* Finish the book, make another journal entry and let everyone know what you thought of the book
* Send the book to the next person on the list (please use the cheapest shipping method available)
* Make a controlled release using your location as the release place (you the sender) to make the book's travel map consistent. Don't use "posted as bookray" or similar as this will not add to the books map.

Please feel free to PM me at any time with questions

Thanks for joining everyone.

Daisy has left Cookstown, Ontario, Canada and the Bookray has started! Passed on to Maranlin for the first stop on her new journey. Enjoy!

Picked up this book from starrdust today. Thank you for including me in this bookray. I look forward to reading this.

This little book written in 1878 was an interesting story giving us a look at how restricted life was, especially for women in those times. A flirtatious woman or young girl who dares to walk out with a man on her own is considered scandalous. There is a definite class structure which we don't see today, at least not in North America. The story does take place in Europe, although the main characters are American. This is the first story I have read that was written in this era, and some of the language/words used is unfamiliar, but it was easy to understand the meanings.

Mailed today to judygreeneyes who is next in line for this bookray. Enjoy!
(Released for the 2013 NJABBIC Challenge (week 8: picture of young girl) & the 2013 Oh, the Places We Can Go Challenge).

To the finder of this book: I hope you enjoy reading this book. Please keep it or set it free when you're done. If the book is of no interest to you, please release it into the wild for someone else to find and enjoy. I hope you will make a journal entry so its journey can be tracked and to let me know the book has been found. You can remain anonymous if you wish, but if you join BookCrossing, you are in for a great experience and I do hope you will use me, Maranlin, as a referring member.

This book arrived safely in San Diego today! Very good timing, I just finished a book last night, so I can start this one right away. Thanks, Maranlin, for sending it forward!

What an odd little novel! It is a very short novel, originally published in 1878. It doesn't feel quite so old as some of the books I have read that were published in the early 1900's. Henry James' character Daisy is a very young and pretty American woman who flaunts social convention in Europe, talks incessantly (while really seeming to not say much of anything of value), flirts, and in general seems foolish and immature. She is from New York, but is travelling in Europe with her mother and younger brother. Her mother is completely ineffectual and lets Daisy do whatever she wants to do. The "society" in Rome that originally seeks to embrace this family is scandalized by Daisy's behavior. The story is told from the point of view of another American gentleman named Winterbourne, with whom Daisy makes acquaintance originally in Switzerland. He finds her odd but very intriguing and beautiful. The story shows the effects of societal norms in that period of time and location and the necessary role of parents in directing their children's behaviors. There was also, of course, quite a double standard between acceptable behaviors for men and women. In our modern society nothing Daisy did would seem slightly scandalous, so I take the attitudes entirely in the context of the times. I found it odd that the Americans living in Rome did not socialize much with the Italians.

This book is getting packed up to travel to Tsjara. Enjoy!

Arrived here safely with some lovely stamps on the envelope. Thanks a lot Judygreeneyes for sending it on, and for the lovely bookmark and stickers hidden inside!
Very cute little book. Shouldn't take me long to read it I think. Thanks for organizing the bookray Starrdust!

This was a very quick and enjoyable read. Daisy did confuse me a bit, was she like Winterbourne thought very innocent and just not aware of how her behaviour would be looked upon by the members of society, or was she doing it on purpose (and just didn't care what other people thought)?
Also I found the mention of "Roman fever" quite interesting, I didn't know there was malaria in Rome at that time.


The book will be travelling onwards to ruzena soon.

Daisy is now travelling to Finland.
Happy reading!

Daisy arrived, safe and sound. Thank you, Tsjara!

EDIT. 15.9.2019
I have cherished this little beautiful thing way too long, and yet I'm afraid I have nothing of any originality to say - there are superior reviews above. Thank you all for sharing the book. Now I left it at Joensuun konservatorio. I hope that Daisy will write home soon :)

-ruzena

And the book is still in Joensuu! I found it today from the main library’s book exchange trolley.