What Maisie knew.

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Author

James, Henry

Publication

1966 - Penguin, Harmondsworth, No place, unknown, or undetermined

Language

English

Word Count

62,000 words, Guess

Page Count

248 pages

Identifiers

LibraryThing19973
Library of Congress Control Number66074137
OCLC Control Number2887935
Open LibraryOL6016339M

Classifications

LCCPZ3.J234 Wh5
LCCPS2116.W4 Wh5

Description

In the aftermath of an acrimonious divorce, young Maisie Farange finds herself shuttled back and forth between her father and mother, both of them amoral and monstrously self-involved. After her parents find new spouses -- and after the new spouses find themselves drawn to each other, as much for Maisie's sake as their own -- Maisie feels even more misplaced. As she observes the world of adults and their adulteries, and finds herself in the position to decide her own fate, Henry James's rendering of her child's-eye view -- his depiction of what precisely Maisie knows -- draws the reader into this scathing satire of social mores and insightful meditation on familial dependence.