Project Gutenberg 2004-12-01 Public domain in the USA. 320 James, Henry 1843 1916 What Maisie Knew Reading ease score: 79.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. E-text prepared by Eve Sobol, South Bend, Indiana, USA and revised by Joseph E. Loewenstein, M.D. "What Maisie Knew" by Henry James is a novel written during the late 19th century. The story centers around a young girl named Maisie Farange, caught in the tumultuous aftermath of her parents' bitter divorce. As they battle over custody, she becomes a pawn in their ongoing conflicts, revealing the complexities of adult relationships through a child’s innocent perspective. The opening of the novel introduces us to a courtroom scene where the divorce and custody arrangements of Maisie are being discussed. The narrative highlights the inappropriate behaviors and attitudes of both parents, particularly as they prepare to share their daughter in a highly unconventional arrangement. Ms. Farange's mother is depicted as vain and resentful, while her father, Beale, is shown to be careless and dismissive. Maisie's sensitivity shines through as she seeks to navigate the emotional chaos inflicted upon her by her parents, baffled by their conflicting views. Though caught in the midst of adult grievances, she remains naive about the true nature of her situation, which foreshadows her journey of growing awareness and understanding in a world fraught with adult contradictions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Domestic fiction Governesses -- Fiction Bildungsromans Girls -- Fiction Remarried people -- Fiction Children of divorced parents -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 575601 575470 2024-10-03T12:14:23.190225 2023-10-03T10:40:29.699031 text/html text/html 580068 2020-12-30T07:43:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 213271 2020-12-30T07:43:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 291378 2024-10-03T12:14:33.324899 application/epub+zip 299951 2024-10-03T12:14:26.831936 application/epub+zip 282032 2024-10-03T12:14:25.429922 application/epub+zip 543089 2024-10-03T12:14:38.270867 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 520856 2024-10-03T12:14:32.431902 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 491617 2022-09-04T04:38:40.967324 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 553303 553223 2024-10-03T12:14:21.939978 2023-10-03T10:40:28.772017 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 553064 2020-12-30T07:43:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 208330 2020-12-30T07:43:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 553071 2020-12-30T07:43:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 208293 2020-12-30T07:43:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22624 2024-10-03T12:14:38.402859 application/rdf+xml 15319 2024-10-03T12:14:26.000919 image/jpeg 3870 2024-10-03T12:14:25.715921 image/jpeg 290316 2024-10-03T12:14:23.243947 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia