... time with a woman there. He agrees to meet Daisy in Rome in the winter. By the time Winterbourne arrives in Rome, Daisy has already become the talk of the town. She is reported by Mrs. Costello to parade around with a group of Italian men, who are of no distinguishing rank. As it turns out, she has one suitor in ... society. This story is, by and large, of the "novel of manners" literary genre. As in other works of this genre (for example, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth), Daisy Miller focuses on the behavior of its charac...

• Word Count: 1470
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School