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What Maisie Knew is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Chap-Book and (revised and abridged) in the New Review in 1897 and then as a book later that year. It tells the story of the sensitive daughter of divorced, irresponsible and narcissistic parents.
Published in 1897 when Henry James was becoming increasingly experimental with narrative technique and fascinated by the idea of the child's-eye view, What Maisie Knew is a subtle, intricate yet devastating portrayal of an innocent adrift in a corrupt society.
Nov 30, 2010 · In “What Maisie Knew,” Henry James explores the dynamics of a very modern family from the point of view of young Maisie Farange, whose parents divorce amid accusations of infidelity and neglect.
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Published in 1897 as Henry James was experimenting with narrative technique and fascinated by the idea of the child’s-eye view, What Maisie Knew is a subtle yet devastating portrayal of an innocent adrift in a corrupt society. Read An Excerpt.
Mar 12, 2003 · Maisie didn't know what people meant, but she knew very soon all the names of all the sisters; she could say them off better than she could say the multiplication-table. She privately wondered moreover, though she never asked, about the awful poverty, of which her companion also never spoke.
Maisie - solitary, observant and wise beyond her years - is drawn into an increasingly entangled adult world of intrigue and sexual betrayal, until she is finally compelled to choose her own...
What Maisie Knew is Henry James's damning portrait of adultery, jealousy and possession on the decadent fringe of English upper-class society. This Penguin...
The story of the sensitive daughter of divorced and irresponsible parents, What Maisie Knew has great contemporary relevance as an unflinching account of a wildly...
What Maisie Knew, novel by Henry James, published in 1897. Set mostly in England, the novel is related from the perspective of Maisie, a preadolescent whose parents were divorced when she was six years old and who spends six months of the year with each parent.
What Maisie Knew is a startling story about a child that was never allowed to be innocent. The setting is England in the 1890s. The novel opens with the nasty divorce of six-year-old Maisie's parents. By agreement, Maisie will spend six month alternating between the custody of her father and mother.
Aug 26, 2010 · What Maisie Knew is a 1897 novel by Henry James, about a young girl, tossed around between two parties in a vengeful divorce. They fight over custody of Maisie, and fight just as hard when each parent thinks they are being expected to spend too much time with the child.
Beautifully crafted and not marred by obscurity, _What Maisie Knew_ is an engaging novel with a highly sympathetic protagonist. Maisie is a small child of undetermined age whose life, as the novel begins, changes dramatically as a result of her parents' divorce.
What Maisie Knew is a novel by Henry James. It was originally published in serial form in American literary magazine The Chap-Book in 1897, and re-released as a revised, abridged novel later that year.
What Maisie Knew (1897) represents one of James's finest reflections on the rites of passage from wonder to knowledge, and the question of their...
What Maisie Knew is Henry James's damning portrait of adultery, jealousy and possession on the decadent fringe of English upper-class society. This Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction and notes by Christopher Ricks.
May 17, 2012 · Beautifully crafted and not marred by obscurity, _What Maisie Knew_ is an engaging novel with a highly sympathetic protagonist. Maisie is a small child of undetermined age whose life, as the novel begins, changes dramatically as a result of her parents' divorce.
- Henry James
What Maisie Knew (1897) represents one of James's finest reflections on the rites of passage from wonder to knowledge, and the question of their finality. The child of violently divorced parents, Maisie Farange opens her eyes on a distinctly modern world.
Henry James’s novel What Maisie Knew was originally published as a work of serial fiction in The Chap-Book. This literary magazine published stories from 1894 through 1898 and was considered one of the first of its kind—little magazines.
Jul 31, 2024 · Writers Hannah Pittard, Andrew Ewell, Anna Shearer, and Ryan Fox were friends at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Then the betrayals started, and the books followed.
Aug 14, 2008 · What Maisie Knew (1897) represents one of James's finest reflections on the rites of passage from wonder to knowledge, and the question of their...
Rather than offering a gloomy tale of innocence corrupted, What Maisie Knew abounds in dark humor and savage wit. Henry James takes particular aim at the mores of the English upper...
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Oct 5, 2000 · Beautifully crafted and not marred by obscurity, _What Maisie Knew_ is an engaging novel with a highly sympathetic protagonist. Maisie is a small child of undetermined age whose life, as the novel begins, changes dramatically as a result of her parents' divorce.
- Henry James
May 15, 2016 · What Maisie Knew is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Chap-Book and (revised and abridged) in the New Review in 1897 and then as a book later that year. It tells the story of the sensitive daughter of divorced, irresponsible parents.
- Henry James
