Henry James And Daisy Miller,

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the injury contributed to the isolated environment that James surrounded himself in and forced him to find companionship in his writing.
At age 19, Henry James gave up schooling for good, deciding instead to become a writer. He began to publish his works and the tone for his works were set. James was highly influenced by another American writer, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and his work echoed with the same concerns "restraints that society places on the individual, and an interest in the way the past shapes the present" (Tanner 89). However, unlike Hawthorne, James was drawn to write about Europe.
Frequent trips to Europe soon convinced him to move there permanently which is considered one of the most important decisions of his career (Dupee 106). The American in Europe became a major theme in his writing.
Henry James was very prolific. His works include twenty novels, over one hundred tales, many plays, studies, criticisms, and travel impressions. He is considered a "writers ...

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taken with Daisy. He has never met someone like her - she is flirtatious which is quite unorthodox and impetuous. Daisy does what she wants when she wants to without any regard for the customs that are strictly observed in European society. Daisy convinces Winterbourne to take her on an outing without a chaperone. This unheard of behavior doesn't seem to bother Daisy's mother, but completely shocks and outrages Mrs. Costello who refuses to meet Daisy - a low class American. The next day Winterbourne leaves for Geneva and Daisy is quite miffed that their time together came to an end so quickly. But, Winterbourne tells Daisy that he will meet with her again in Rome the next winter. ...

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