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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.
- Henry James
- 304 pp (Heinemann), 470 pp (Stone)
- 1897
- 17 September 1897 (Heinemann), 16 October 1897 (Stone)
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. I wonder why he abridged it? It tells the story of the sensitive daughter of divorced, irresponsible and narcissistic parents.
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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.
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Summary. 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. The book describes events in the life of Maisie Farange, the child of divorced, frivolous parents, over the course of several years in ...
A new edition of the innovative, emotionally complex novel. After her parents’ bitter divorce, young Maisie Farange finds herself shuttled between her selfish mother and vain father, who value her only as a means for provoking each other.
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What Maisie Knew study guide contains a biography of Henry James, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. Best summary PDF, themes, and quotes. More books than SparkNotes.
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.
