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What Maisie Knew (Wordsworth Classics)
by Henry James
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- Paperback
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 1840224126
- ISBN 13
- 9781840224122
- Seller
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Port Neches, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Wordsworth Editions Ltd. New. Wordsworth Press, Paperback, 2000, Book Condition: New, With an Introduction by Pat Righelato, University of Reading The child of parents who divorce, remarry and then embark on adulterous affairs, Maisie Farange survives by her intelligence and spirit. For all its sombre theme of childhood innocence exposed to a corrupted adult world, this novel is one of James's comic masterpieces. The outrageous behaviour of the characters on the seedy fringes of the English upper class is conveyed with wit and relish. The dual perspective of a sophisticated narrator richly appreciative of the absurdities of the adult sexual merry-go-round and the candid vision of Maisie, 'rebounding' from one parent to another like a 'shuttlecock', together create an 'associational magic'. Strangely, unexpectedly, from so much that is tawdry, comes a tale of moral energy and subtlety. James's foresight was in understanding the modernity of his subject, which is even more relevant today in the twenty-first century. . 2000. TRADE PAPERBACK.
Synopsis
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 in the same year. The story of the sensitive daughter of divorced and irresponsible parents, What Maisie Knew has great contemporary relevance as an unflinching account of a wildly dysfunctional family.
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- Bookseller
- Galveston Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9781840224122
- Title
- What Maisie Knew (Wordsworth Classics)
- Author
- Henry James
- Format/Binding
- TRADE PAPERBACK
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1840224126
- ISBN 13
- 9781840224122
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Date Published
- 2000
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Port Neches, Texas
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Fleur Fine Books carries a wide range of books including a very large selection of Science Fiction & Fantasy, we are constantly adding to our Texana section, we carry many signed editions, including signed limited editions and books signed in our store during author visits.
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