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Title: Daisy Miller
Author: Henry James
Narrator: Jim Killavey
Format: Unabridged
Length: 2 hrs and 24 mins
Language: English
Release date: 01-04-08
Publisher: Jimcin Recordings
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 5 votes
Genres: Classics, American Literature
Publisher's Summary:
In addition to being a very good story, the novel serves as both a psychological description of the mind of a young woman and an analysis of the traditional views of a society to a clear outsider. This continues to be one of James's most popular works.
Editorial Reviews:
Jim Killavey offers a nuanced, wry performance in Henry James penetrating 1878 story of clashing social mores, "Daisy Miller".
In Switzerland, two Americans, Daisy Miller and Frederick Winterbourne, strike a romance that is quashed because of the reservations held by their families. Later on, Daisy and Frederick meet again in Rome, but free-spirited Daisys friendship with an Italian man engulfs her in scandal and ultimately leads to her downfall.
With a deep, throaty voice, Killavey captures the underlying ironic humor in James dense and psychologically insightful prose.
Members Reviews:
Satisfied
I tore the copy my school gave me, but this came quickly and it was a really good price!
great to reread and E-read for free
Read long ago in hardcover, great to reread and E-read for free!
Excellent
I read this during a trip to the grand hotels along the Lake Geneva waterfront in Vevey and Montreux, Switzerland, where Henry James set this work. He is an exquisite portraitist, able to conjure up just the right collection of details, internal and external, to make the characters come alive, even though the world of manners, money, and rigid sexual morals has since become almost unrecognizable. The cruelty of social condemnation, especially of those trying to make it into the circle of the accepted wealthy, the urge to marry and marry well, has been the theme of so many works that it's amazing there is anything much at all original left to say. But James repeatedly surprises in this arena.
Another unsatisfying ending from Henry James
Now that I have read a handful of Henry James tomes I am beginning to believe that he is not the author for me. He writes well, and the story is interesting, but I am just getting tired of never having a satisfying ending to one of his stories. Perhaps he took a perverse pleasure in twists and turns of plot, especially at the end. If you want the standard formulaic happy ending, Henry James is not your author. I dont have a problem with an unexpected ending, but I get tired of never feeling satisfied by the "turn" of the story. Just my 2 cents. I'm not saying I will never read another Henry James novel, but probably not for a long time.
in good
just what I ordered, in good shape
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Title: Daisy Miller
Author: Henry James
Narrator: Jim Killavey
Format: Unabridged
Length: 2 hrs and 24 mins
Language: English
Release date: 01-04-08
Publisher: Jimcin Recordings
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 5 votes
Genres: Classics, American Literature
Publisher's Summary:
In addition to being a very good story, the novel serves as both a psychological description of the mind of a young woman and an analysis of the traditional views of a society to a clear outsider. This continues to be one of James's most popular works.
Editorial Reviews:
Jim Killavey offers a nuanced, wry performance in Henry James penetrating 1878 story of clashing social mores, "Daisy Miller".
In Switzerland, two Americans, Daisy Miller and Frederick Winterbourne, strike a romance that is quashed because of the reservations held by their families. Later on, Daisy and Frederick meet again in Rome, but free-spirited Daisys friendship with an Italian man engulfs her in scandal and ultimately leads to her downfall.
With a deep, throaty voice, Killavey captures the underlying ironic humor in James dense and psychologically insightful prose.
Members Reviews:
Satisfied
I tore the copy my school gave me, but this came quickly and it was a really good price!
great to reread and E-read for free
Read long ago in hardcover, great to reread and E-read for free!
Excellent
I read this during a trip to the grand hotels along the Lake Geneva waterfront in Vevey and Montreux, Switzerland, where Henry James set this work. He is an exquisite portraitist, able to conjure up just the right collection of details, internal and external, to make the characters come alive, even though the world of manners, money, and rigid sexual morals has since become almost unrecognizable. The cruelty of social condemnation, especially of those trying to make it into the circle of the accepted wealthy, the urge to marry and marry well, has been the theme of so many works that it's amazing there is anything much at all original left to say. But James repeatedly surprises in this arena.
Another unsatisfying ending from Henry James
Now that I have read a handful of Henry James tomes I am beginning to believe that he is not the author for me. He writes well, and the story is interesting, but I am just getting tired of never having a satisfying ending to one of his stories. Perhaps he took a perverse pleasure in twists and turns of plot, especially at the end. If you want the standard formulaic happy ending, Henry James is not your author. I dont have a problem with an unexpected ending, but I get tired of never feeling satisfied by the "turn" of the story. Just my 2 cents. I'm not saying I will never read another Henry James novel, but probably not for a long time.
in good
just what I ordered, in good shape