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What Maisie knew [novel]

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. The book is also a masterly technical achievement by James, as it follows the title character from earliest childhood to precocious maturity.

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  • "Novels and tales"
  • "Pupil"
  • "Pupil"@en
  • "What Maisie knew"
  • "What Maisie knew"@pl
  • "What Maisie knew"@en
  • "In the cage"
  • "In the cage"@en
  • "What Maisie knew etc"
  • "Lo que Maisie sabía ; En la jaula"@es

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  • "Čtenářsky zábavný, psychologizující román s komediálními prvky je dílem anglického autora amerického původu. Příběh napsaný na sklonku minulého století vypráví o Maisii, vnímavém anglickém děvčátku, které po rozvodu svýchrodičů žije střídavě u otce a matky, stává se bezděčně prostředníkem jejich pomstychtivosti a nakonec ve své nevinnosti svádí dohromady jejich nové partnery, takže se stávají jejími nevlastními rodiči. Román náročné formy sřadou relativně komických situací, jehož základním tématem je Maisiina neporušitelná nevinnost, vzdorující zkaženému světu dospělých."
  • "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. The book is also a masterly technical achievement by James, as it follows the title character from earliest childhood to precocious maturity."@en
  • "In the aftermath of an acrimonious divorce, young Maisie Farange finds herself shuttled back and forth between her father and mother, both of them amoral and monstrously self-involved. After her parents find new spouses -- and after the new spouses find themselves drawn to each other, as much for Maisie's sake as their own -- Maisie feels even more misplaced. As she observes the world of adults and their adulteries, and finds herself in the position to decide her own fate, Henry James's rendering of her child's-eye view -- his depiction of what precisely Maisie knows -- draws the reader into this scathing satire of social mores and insightful meditation on familial dependence."
  • "In the aftermath of an acrimonious divorce, young Maisie Farange finds herself shuttled back and forth between her father and mother, both of them amoral and monstrously self-involved. After her parents find new spouses -- and after the new spouses find themselves drawn to each other, as much for Maisie's sake as their own -- Maisie feels even more misplaced. As she observes the world of adults and their adulteries, and finds herself in the position to decide her own fate, Henry James's rendering of her child's-eye view -- his depiction of what precisely Maisie knows -- draws the reader into this scathing satire of social mores and insightful meditation on familial dependence."@en
  • "This story followes the trials and tribulations of a young girl naned Maisie. Her parents decide to divorce when she is just six years old and she is shuttled back and forth between parents for the rest of her childhood. Both parents eventually remarry and she must deal with all the domestic problems of both extended families. Fortunately, a loyal nanny and a friendship with a couple who become substitute parents help her cope with all of the uncertainties in her life."@en
  • "While being shuttled between her two divorced parents, Maisie Farange sees their adulterous lives as they destroy the very fabric of their family."
  • "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."@en
  • "James has written a story about a child and divorce that is ahead of its time and equally still relevant. It also allows for him to write a child-centric story which is atypical of his previous works."@en
  • "An innocent young girl who is caught between her divorced parents attempts to understand life and its injustices."
  • "An innocent young girl who is caught between her divorced parents attempts to understand life and its injustices. Shuttled between her parents, who value her only as a means for provoking each other, Maisie is drawn into an entangled adult world of intrigue and sexual betrayal."
  • "After her parents' bitter divorce, young Maisie finds herself shuttled between her selfish mother and vain father, who value her only as a means for provoking each other. What Maisie knew is a subtle yet devastating portrayal of an innocent adrift in a corrupt society."
  • "After her parents' bitter divorce, young Maisie Farange finds herself shuttled between her selfish mother and vain father, who value her only as a means for provoking each other. Maisie -- solitary, observant and wise beyond her years -- is drawn into an increasingly entangled adult world of intrigue and sexual betrayal, until she is finally compelled to choose her own future. What Maisie Knew is a subtle yet devastating portrayal of an innocent adrift in a corrupt society. Part of a relaunch of three James titles."
  • "After her parents' divorce, young Maisie's divides her time between living with her mother and father. Beale and Ida are frivolous and irresponsible parents, treating Maisie as a go-between and paying little attention to her other than to use her against one another. With growing awareness of the situation, Maisie matures into a precocious and disillusioned young woman whose views of the world are impacted by her parents' neglect and the dysfunctional relationships she has witnessed throughout her life. Originally published serially in the Chap-Book and later in the New Review before being published as a single volume, What Maisie Knew is author Henry James's exploration of childhood and family dysfunction that continues to be relevant today. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library."@en
  • "Classic fiction. After her parents' bitter divorce, young Maisie Farange finds herself shuttled between her selfish mother and vain father, who value her only as a means for provoking each other. Maisie - solitary, observant and wise beyond her years - is drawn into an increasingly entangled adult world of intrigue and sexual betrayal, until she is finally compelled to choose her own future. What Maisie Knew is a subtle yet devastating portrayal of an innocent adrift in a corrupt society. It is part of a relaunch of three James titles."
  • "Het verhaal van een kind dat getuige is van de intiemste relaties tussen haar excentrieke stiefouders."
  • "What maisie knew 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."@en
  • "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. The book is also a masterly technical achievement by James, as it follows the title character from earliest childhood to precocious maturity.-- Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia."@en
  • "Maisie's parents go through an acrimonious divorce when she is very young, and the court decrees that she will travel between them, spending time with each. They do not hesitate to use her in their war against each other, and she is neglected and abandoned by them as they each remarry and then take further lovers. The story follows her to maturity, when she is able to decide her own fate."@en
  • "Shuttled back and forth for six-month periods with her divorced parents, Maisie "learns that her new stepfather and stepmother are having adulterous affairs, just as she had learned of her own parents' infidelities."--Cover."

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  • "Roman américain"
  • "Genres littéraires"
  • "Translations"
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Popular literature"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Bildungsromans"
  • "Bildungsromans"@en
  • "Dust jackets Specimens"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"@es
  • "Powieść amerykańska"@pl
  • "Powieść amerykańska"
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Large type books"
  • "Powieść angielska"
  • "Large type books"@en

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  • "What Maisie knew [novel]"@en
  • "Ce que savait Maisie"
  • "Ce que savait Maisie What Maisie knew"
  • "Ce que savait Maisie : roman"
  • "Ce que savait Maisie : ("What Maisie knew"), roman traduit de l'anglais par Marguerite Yourcenar. Avec une préface de André Maurois"
  • "Ce que savait Maisie = What Maisie knew"
  • "What Maisie knew"
  • "What Maisie knew"@en
  • "What Maisie knew"@es
  • "What Maisie knew. : In the cage u.a. By Henry James"
  • "What maisie knew"@en
  • "What maisie knew"
  • "Lo que Maisie sabía ; En la jaula"@es
  • "Ce que savait Maisie : [Roman]"
  • "What Maisie Knew. in the Cage. the Pupil"
  • "Hvad Barnet vidste"
  • "Ce que savait Maisie ... Roman traduit ... par Marguerite Yourcenar, avec une préface de André Maurois"
  • "Maisie : Roman"
  • "What Maisie knew. : In the cage / Henry James"
  • "CE QUE SAVAIT MAISIE"
  • "What Maisie knew In the cage. The pupil"@en
  • "Ce que savait Maisie ["What Maisie knew"]"
  • "Ce que savait Maisie : [Par Henry James. Traduit de l'anglais par Marguerite Yourcenar. Préface d'André Maurois.]"
  • "What Maisie knew : In the cage : The pupil"@en
  • "What Maise knew ; In the cage ; The pupil"
  • "What Maisie knew : Prepared for the [Nineteenth-Century Novel and its Legacy] Course Team"
  • "What Maisie knew. In the cage. The pupil"@en
  • "Ce que savait Maisie : ["What Maisie knew"], roman traduit de l'anglais par Marguerite Yourcenar, avec une préface de André Maurois"
  • "What Maisie knew In the cage ; The pupil"@en
  • "What Maisie knew. In the cage. The pupil"
  • "O czym wiedziała Maisie"@pl
  • "O czym wiedziała Maisie"
  • "Maisie tudja : regény"@hu
  • "Maisie tudja : regény"
  • "What Maisie knew : and the pupil"
  • "What Maisie Knew"@en
  • "What Maisie Knew"
  • "What Maisie knew Ed. with an introduction by Douglas Jefferson"
  • "What Maisie knew ; In the cage : The pupil"@en
  • "What Maisie knew. - In the cage. - The pupil"
  • "Co všechno věděla Maisie"
  • "Ce que savait Maisie. What Maisie knew"
  • "Maisie; roman"
  • "Što Maisie zna"
  • "What Maisie knew. : In the cage. The pupil"
  • "What Maisie knew : In the cage ; The pupil"
  • "What Maisie knew : In the cage ; The pupil"@en
  • "What Maisie knew ; and the pupil"
  • "Wat Maisie wist"
  • "What Maisie knew and The pupil"
  • "'What Maisie knew'"
  • "Lo que Maisie sabia"
  • "What Maisie knew ; In the cage ; The pupil"
  • "What Maisie knew ; In the cage ; The pupil"@en
  • "What Maisie knew : [novel]"
  • "What Maisie knew : in the cage, the pupil"@en
  • "What Maisie knew; In the cage; The pupil"@en
  • "What Maisie knew. [Chap. i-iv. of a novel, being pp. 113-128 of vol. xvi. of "The New Review."]"@en
  • "What Maisie knew. In the cage [u.a.]"
  • "Ce ştia Maisie"
  • "What Maisie knew; In the cage; The Pupil"
  • "Maisie tudja : regeny"
  • "Hvad barnet vidste"@da
  • "What Maisie knew : in the cage [u.a.]"
  • "Lo que Maisie sabía"
  • "Lo que Maisie sabía"@es
  • "What Maisie knew In the cage : The pupil"@en
  • "Ti hēxere hē Meisi"

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