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What Maisie Knew

By Henry James

What Maisie Knew Classics

What Maisie Knew

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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. Mothers and fathers keep changing their partners and names, while she herself becomes the pretext for all sorts of adult sexual intrigue.

In this classic tale of the death of childhood, there is a savage comedy that owes much to Dickens. But for his portrayal of the child's capacity for intelligent `wonder', James summons all the subtlety he devotes elsewhere to his most celebrated adult protagonists. Neglected and exploited by everyone around her, Maisie inspires James to dwell with extraordinary acuteness on the things that may pass between adult and child. In addition to a new introduction, this edition of the novel offers particularly detailed notes, bibliography, and a list of variant readings.

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Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
2
Number of Pages:
336
Release Date:
2008-08-14
Publication Date:
2008-08-14
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
019953859X
ISBN13:
9780199538591
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
234 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
195 cm
Thickness:
15 cm
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