你也许读过爱尔兰著名作家科尔姆·托宾的小说《大师》（这部小说为他赢得了2006年的都柏林国际文学奖），你或许也看过有英国钱锺书之称的戴维·洛奇的《作者，作者》，但你很可能却没真正领略过这两部小说描写的对象——一位小说大师——亨利·詹姆斯作品的真正风采。你可以从这本《黛西·米勒》开始——一段完美旅程的开始。

“Daisy Miller小姐是个浮荡女子——漂亮的美国浮荡女子。” 年轻貌美的美国女子Daisy Miller和她富有但缺乏贵族气质的母亲一起在欧洲旅行。Daisy待人友好，言谈举止天真无邪，却没有交上几个朋友，反而树敌不少。

这篇优美的中篇小说探索了Henry James喜爱的主题之一，即美国与欧洲的对比，被看作是其杰作《贵妇画像》的“序言”。

《黛西·米勒》全彩设计、图文并茂，将经典小说与当代作品完美结合，可全面满足国内高中各阶段学习者的英语阅读需要。

About the Author

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Daisy Miller

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James loved reading and could read fluently in French， Italian and German as well as his native English.ln 1864， he anonymously published his first short story，A Tragedy of Error， and from then on devoted himself completely to literature.Throughout his career， he wrote extensively，publishing books and articles in a variety of genres： novels， short story collections， literary criticism， travel writing， biography and autobiography.In all， he wrote 22 novels，including two left unfinished at his death， and 112 stories， along with many plays and essays. 

James moved to Europe， settling permanently in England in 1876.He lived there， first in London then in Rye， in Sussex.The outbreak of World War I was a profound shock for James， and in 1915， he became a British citizen to declare his loyalty to his adopted country as well as to protest against America's refusal to enter the war on behalf of Britain. 

James died in London in 1916.He is considered by many writers and critics to be one of the greatest American authors and a number of his works have been made into successful films.