"Cliff Notes - Daisy Miller" - читать интересную книгу автора (Cliff Notes)

would be. He finds some satisfaction, however, when Daisy
discovers his plans to return to Geneva the next day and is
furious that their time together has been cut short.
Winterbourne assures her they'll meet again that winter in Rome,
where her family and his aunt will be visiting at the same
time.

Winterbourne arrives in Rome the following winter, expecting to
find Daisy pining away for him. Instead, his aunt informs him
that Daisy has happily surrounded herself with a large circle of
"third rate Italians," and adds that one--a Mr.
Giovanelli--seems a particular favorite.

The flirtatious behavior that in Vevey brought Winterbourne and
Daisy together, now drives them apart. When a wealthy member of
the American community, Mrs. Walker, warns Winterbourne that
Daisy is endangering her reputation by going out unchaperoned
with Giovanelli, Winterbourne tries to stop the couple, only to
be treated to a glimpse of them disappearing from view behind
Daisy's parasol.

Does Daisy's boldness signal innocence or immorality? That's
what Winterbourne must figure out. The conservative American
community has already made up its mind, unfavorably.
Winterbourne does his best to explain to Daisy that people in
Rome don't understand her flirting, and he pleads with her to
change her ways. But Daisy mistakes his concern for jealousy,
and rejects his advice. One by one, the members of American
society in Rome turn their back on the girl, and she is no
longer welcome in their homes. Even Winterbourne meets her only
by chance.

After one of his friends spies Daisy in a gallery's secluded
nook with Giovanelli, Winterbourne is determined to make one
last attempt to save her. He goes straight to Mrs. Miller to
warn her of the bad reputation her daughter is getting. But to
Mrs. Miller's untutored eye, Giovanelli is a gentleman and
acceptable for Daisy. She even suspects that Daisy and
Giovanelli are engaged. Her suspicion shocks Winterbourne, and
when he encounters the couple a few days later, he has a chance
to ask Daisy if she is indeed engaged. First she says she is.
Then she says she is not.

While walking home one moonlit night a week later, Winterbourne
stops in for a look at the Colosseum. He admires the poetic
atmosphere of the place, but he also knows that its atmosphere
at night is a breeding ground for malaria, "the Roman fever."
The monument has two other visitors--a man and a woman--and when
their voices reach him he recognizes the couple as Daisy and
Giovanelli. His first reaction is one of horror that Daisy is