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What Maisie Knew

What Maisie Knew( )
Author: James, Henry
Editor: Righelato, Pat
Series title:Wordsworth Classics Ser.
ISBN:978-1-84022-412-2
Publication Date:Jan 2000
Publisher:Wordsworth Editions, Limited
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $6.95
Book Description:

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 conveys with wit the outrageous behaviour of the characters on the seedy fringes of the English upper class.

Book Details
Pages:256
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / General
Juvenile Fiction / Family / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):13 x 19.7 x 1.4 cm
Author Biography
James, Henry (Author)
Henry James, American novelist and literary critic, was born in 1843 in New York City. Psychologist-philosopher William James was his brother. By the age of 18, he had lived in France, England, Switzerland, Germany, and New England. In 1876, he moved to London, having decided to live abroad permanently.

James was a prolific writer; his writings include 22 novels, 113 tales, 15 plays, approximately 10 books of criticism, and 7 travel books. His best-known works include Daisy Miller, The Turn of the Screw, The Portrait of a Lady, The Ambassadors, and The American Scene. His works of fiction are elegant and articulate looks at Victorian society; while primarily set in genteel society, James subtlely explores class issues, sexual repression, and psychological distress.

Henry James died in 1916 in London. The James Memorial Stone in Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey, commemorates him.

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