tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104753122709281663.post4881028876976449078..comments2023-10-20T07:36:10.746-06:00Comments on A Striped Armchair: Daisy Miller (thoughts)Evahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06703372903532502944noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104753122709281663.post-43101960398076483412007-03-03T19:38:00.000-06:002007-03-03T19:38:00.000-06:00Congrats on finishing the Classics Challenge!Congrats on finishing the Classics Challenge!1morechapterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04919728304715220778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104753122709281663.post-23374904839544837322007-02-23T10:09:00.001-06:002007-02-23T10:09:00.001-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10804604643946519169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104753122709281663.post-16212048367331125232007-02-23T10:09:00.000-06:002007-02-23T10:09:00.000-06:00PS Congratulations on finishing the Classics Chall...PS Congratulations on finishing the Classics Challenge!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10804604643946519169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104753122709281663.post-89613375985509345012007-02-23T10:07:00.000-06:002007-02-23T10:07:00.000-06:00I'm sorry you didn't enjoy Daisy Miller :( Persona...I'm sorry you didn't enjoy <I>Daisy Miller</I> :( Personally, I was bowled over by, and sought out more James, because of it.<BR/><BR/>I found the increasing attraction-repulsion between Daisy and Winterbourne hypnotic. Throughout, I felt you could sense the decisive moment for their relationship was approaching and so didn't find the ending all that abrupt. <BR/><BR/>I think the tragedy of the novella is that Winterbourne can't or won't grow to be worthy of Daisy and her unconventional ways. For me, the ending fits with Winterbourne's sudden casting off of Daisy. <BR/><BR/>I don't know if it makes a difference, but I read the novella slowly and not in one sitting. Perhaps having more time to think about it made it a bit meatier. There's an interesting discussion of the meaning of <I>Daisy Miller</I> in <B>Azar Nafisi's</B> <I>Reading Lolita in Tehran</I> by her Iranian female students. I read it before the novella, so it may have enhanced my reading.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10804604643946519169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104753122709281663.post-12136747077103240532007-02-21T20:18:00.000-06:002007-02-21T20:18:00.000-06:00Congratulations on completing the classics challen...Congratulations on completing the classics challenge. I'm adding James' The Amassadors to next year's challenge list. I've never read James, but sounds like I need to.Bookloggedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00651016653247142255noreply@blogger.com