What Maisie Knew |
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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
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $6.95 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.