{"product_id":"9781513266237","title":"What Maisie Knew","description":"Author: Henry James\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781513266237\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Mint Editions\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 23 Feb 2021\u003cbr\u003ePages: 232 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[James] is the most intelligent man of his generation.\" -T. S. Eliot \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Reading Henry James is like putting a new faculty to the test. This is the true morality.\"-Anita Brookner \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A very modern story about aimless lives and messy marriages\"- Paul Theroux\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry James' \u003ci\u003eWhat Maisie Knew\u003c\/i\u003e (1897) is one of the author's most piercing works of fiction, am impassioned look at the events of a young girls life as she is shuffled between her self-absorbed divorced parents.\u003c\/b\u003e In this astonishingly modern novel, the damaging constructs of society and the illusions of respectability are seen through the perspective of an unforgettable child from her earliest years until a teenager.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaisie Farange, only six-years old at the onset of the novel, is a child of two narcissistic parents: Beale and Ida, who are only using the young child as a pawn in their own egomaniacal games. As the bitter divorce of her parents is settled in split custody, the emotional cruelty only increases. She is cared for by two governesses; the homely Mrs. Wix at her Mother's house, and the beautiful Miss Overmore at her father's home. As each parent re-marries much younger spouses, and those relationship in turn fail,  Maisie is entangled in a web of moral corruption and psychological abuse. James's tragic story of an innocent child caught between the corruption of the adult world is a thought-provoking and devastating meditation on failed responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince our inception in 2020, \u003cb\u003eMint Editions\u003c\/b\u003e has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47920146186398,"sku":"ING-9781513266237","price":15.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781513266237.jpg?v=1782817638","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781513266237","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}