James, Henry

Daisy Miller, an innocent yet bold American girl, runs afoul of the European code of conduct at the turn of the twentieth century. Includes three additional stories.

Catherine Sloper, an heiress favored by neither beauty nor brilliance, finds herself torn between an attractive suitor and her adored father, who believes the young man to be a fortune hunter.

Contains Henry James's classic story of psychological terror, "The Turn of the Screw"; "Daisy Miller"; "The Beast in the Jungle"; and two other James stories.

Two children are haunted by the evil spirits of two former servants.

In "The Turn of the Screw" two children are haunted by the evil spirits of two former servants. In "Daisy Miller, " the life of a young girl is tragically ruined.

Middle-aged American Lambert Strether, sent to Paris by his patron Mrs. Newsome to find her son Chad and bring him home, finds Chad transformed by the influence of a remarkable woman, and soon follows suit, letting himself be swept away by the charms of the city and the mysterious Madame de Vionnet.

Explores the perilous allure of the older European civilization and its impact on the American character through the person of Isabel Archer.

Heiress Catherine Sloper rejects her suitor, whom her father believes to be a fortune-hunter, then has a second chance years later to rethink her decision.