Herbert breaks off with Kate, who immediately sues him for breach of promise. He sees it as revenge, but does Kate?

A number of people in London society are suddenly attracted to Milly Theale's fortune, when they find the heiress is ailing.

Allan has written a play based on Leonie, his wealthy lover. She helps him get it produced.

Daisy Miller, a free-spirited but unsophisticated American girl touring in Europe, upsets quite a few conventions.

On a transatlantic journey, Englishmen Henry Chilver and Bertram Braddle fall for Elizabeth Damerel, a mysterious American woman.

In Venice, Miss Tita and her aged aunt rent part of their villa to an author, but he has an ulterior motive--involving the aunt's past.