He pretended to consider it. "I’d much rather go to Chillon with you." "With me?" she asked without a shadow of emotion. She didn' t rise blushing, as a young person at Geneva would have done; and yet, conscious that he had gone very far, he thought it possible she had drawn back. "And with your mother," he answered very respectfully. But it seemed that both his audacity and his respect were lost on Miss Daisy Miller. "I guess mother wouldn ' t go-for you" she smiled. "And she ain' t bent on going, anyway. She don' t Like to ride round in the afternoon." After which she familiarly proceeded: "But did you really mean what you said just now-that you' d like to go up there?" Questions: A. Identify the author and the title of the novel from which the above excerpt is taken. B. From their conversation, do you know where Miss Daisy Miller and the man want to go? C. Briefly comment on Miss Daisy Miller' s character.
A: HENRY JAMES IS THE AUTHOR AND THE TITLE OF THE NOVEL IS DAISY MILLER.B: FROM THEIR CONVERSATION, MISS DAISY MILLER AND THE MAN WANT TO GO ON AN EXCURSION TO AN OLD CASTLE.C: MISS DAISY MILLER BECOMES THE AMERICAN GIRL IN EUROPE, A CELEBRATED CULTURAL TYPE WHO EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF THE NEW WORLD. HOWEVER, INNOCENCE, THE KEYSTONE OF HER CHARACTER, TURNS OUT TO BE AN ADMIRING BUT A DANGEROUS QUALITY AND HER DEFIANCE OF SOCIAL TABOOS IN THE OLD WORLD FINALLY BRINGS HER TO A DISASTER IN THE CLASH BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT CULTURES.
