What Maisie Knew

✍ Scribed by James, Henry

• Book ID: 106880468
• Publisher: Digireads.com Publishing
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: en-GB
• Weight: 164 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781420928570

✦ Synopsis

Review

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. The only emotional constant in Maisie's life is Mrs. Wix, a motherly old governess. Maisie's parents marry other partners, but neither marriage succeeds. Her new stepparents are attracted to each other, divorce Maisie's parents, and marry. Maisie knows intuitively that she cannot depend on the adults in her life, and she chooses to live with Mrs. Wix, on whose unconditional love she can depend. -- __

Product Description

Henry James's novel "What Maisie Knew" is the story of Beale and Ida Farange and their daughter Maisie. When the two divorce the court orders that the custody of Maisie be split between the two. Spending six months with each, Maisie finds herself in an unstable position as the immoral and frivolous Beale and Ida use Maisie to intensify their animosity for each other. "What Maisie Knew" is a tragic tale of the consequences of a child caught between two unloving parents.