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What Maisie Knew

Author
Henry James
Read by
Eloise Fairfax
Language
English
Length
8 hours 49 minutes
ISBN
9781802560671
Published
23 September 2024
Imprint
Sovereign
  • divorce
  • innocence
  • observation
  • family dynamics
  • betrayal
  • custody
  • morality
  • childhood
  • psychological insight
  • social critique

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Henry James's "What Maisie Knew" masterfully navigates the delicate perceptions of a young girl ensnared in the bitter aftermath of her parents' divorce. As Maisie is shuffled between her self-absorbed and morally ambiguous guardians, she becomes an astute observer of the adult world's complexities and contradictions. Through her innocent yet incisive eyes, this poignant narrative explores themes of innocence, betrayal, and the troubling impact of fractured family dynamics on a child's psyche.

Author

Henry James (1843–1916) is among the supreme novelists in English — an American who made Europe his stage and consciousness his subject. In The Portrait of a Lady, The Ambassadors, and The Wings of the Dove he traced Americans abroad through drawing rooms, secrets, and moral choice with unmatched psychological precision. James wrote sentences that think: long, exacting, and alive to every shade of feeling between people.

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