{"product_id":"what-maisie-knew-paperback-2","title":"What Maisie Knew - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHenry James\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMint Editions\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[James] is the most intelligent man of his generation.\" -T. S. Eliot \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \"Reading Henry James is like putting a new faculty to the test. This is the true morality.\" -Anita Brookner \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A very modern story about aimless lives and messy marriages\"- Paul Theroux\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry James' \u003ci\u003eWhat Maisie Knew\u003c\/i\u003e (1897) is one of the author's most piercing works of fiction, am impassioned look at the events of a young girls life as she is shuffled between her self-absorbed divorced parents.\u003c\/b\u003e In this astonishingly modern novel, the damaging constructs of society and the illusions of respectability are seen through the perspective of an unforgettable child from her earliest years until a teenager.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaisie Farange, only six-years old at the onset of the novel, is a child of two narcissistic parents: Beale and Ida, who are only using the young child as a pawn in their own egomaniacal games. As the bitter divorce of her parents is settled in split custody, the emotional cruelty only increases. She is cared for by two governesses; the homely Mrs. Wix at her Mother's house, and the beautiful Miss Overmore at her father's home. As each parent re-marries much younger spouses, and those relationship in turn fail, Maisie is entangled in a web of moral corruption and psychological abuse. James's tragic story of an innocent child caught between the corruption of the adult world is a thought-provoking and devastating meditation on failed responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat Maisie Knew\u003c\/i\u003e (1897), Henry James' heart-breaking novel of a child of divorce is an emotionally riveting portrayal of innocence and betrayal. Set in London at the Fin de siècle, this story of a child thrust into the cruel deceptions of adults is a novel of profound psychological depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 17, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692688674879,"sku":"9781513266237","price":14.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/e3519cb0e33b3212916d8f51b7430f14_21a74e03-de68-4504-9d62-71cd5563902b.webp?v=1764996266","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/what-maisie-knew-paperback-2","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}