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  by awalls37

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Type: fiction

Status: to read

Author: Henry James

Tags: european american romance culture youth wealth social_class

Description: In Daisy Miller, James paints a vivid portrait of a vibrant young American girl visiting EuropeIn Daisy Miller, James paints a vivid portrait of a vibrant young American girl visiting Europe for the first time. Lovely, flirtatious, eager for experience, Daisy meets a wealthy American, Mr. Winterbourne, and a penniless but passionate Italian. Her complex encounters with them and others allow James to explore one of his favorite themes, the effect of Americans and Europeans on each other.

Washington Square’s Catherine Sloper is Daisy Miller’s opposite. Neither pretty nor charming, she lives with her wealthy, widowed, tyrannical father, Dr. Austin Sloper, who can barely conceal his disdain for his shy, awkward daughter. When a handsome suitor, Morris Townsend, comes calling, Catherine’s father refuses to believe he is anything other than a heartless fortune hunter and sets out to destroy her romance....

2006-08-28

  by litter_ladder & 6 users

• Current

Type: documentary

Status: favorite

Author: Sean Wilsey

Tags: memoir poverty suicide redemption san_francisco divorce excess wealth psychological_trauma tolkien_allusions boarding_school skateboarding

Description: McSweeney's Editor tells of childhood trauma from divorce of his high society San FranciscoMcSweeney's Editor tells of childhood trauma from divorce of his high society San Francisco parents, his adoloscent downfall and subsequent struggle to escape emotional machinations of evil stepmother and others.

At once hilarious, depressing and life affirming....

2006-01-15

  by lilyhill

• Current

Type: business

Status: I recommend

Author: Laur Day

Tags: intuition wealth

2005-12-27