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Frederick Winterbourne, an American expatriate visiting at Vevey, Switzerland, meets commonplace, newly rich Mrs. Miller from Schenectady, New York, her mischievous small son and her daughter, Daisy, an “inscrutable combination of audacity and innocence.” The Millers have no perception of the complex code that underlies behavior in European society, and Winterbourne is astonished at the girl's innocent naiveté and her mother's unconcern, both of which lead to trouble for Daisy.
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"Daisy Miller uses the contrast between American innocence and European sophistication as a powerful tool with which to examine social conventions."
Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature
"What the European male fails to understand is that the American girl is innocent by definition, mythically innocent; and that her purity depends upon nothing she says or does."
Leslie Fiedler
"By maintaining a vigorous, satisfying pace, Susan O'Malley holds the listener's attention admirably. Her reading is intelligent and agreeable."
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