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020			_a9780141441375
082			_a813.4 _bJAM
100			_aJames, Henry
245			_aWhat Maisie knew
260			_bPenguin Books, _c2010 _aLondon :
300			_axxxvii, 309 p. ; _c20 cm.
365			_b599.00 _c₹ _d01
490			_aPenguin Classics
520			_aWith 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.
650			_aEducational Novels
650			_aChildren of Divorced
650			_aDomestic Fiction
650			_aShort Stories
650			_aHistorical Fiction
700			_aRicks, Christopher _eed.
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