What Maisie Knew (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

James, Henry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140432485 ISBN 13: 9780140432480

Verlag: Penguin Classics, 1985

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RO80170534. WHAT MAISIE KNEW - ouvrage en anglais. 1985. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos plié, Intérieur acceptable. 274 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon

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Reseña del editor:

After her parents' bitter divorce, young Maisie Farange finds herself shuttled between her selfish mother and vain father, who value her only as a means for provoking each other. And when both take lovers and remarry, Maisie - solitary, observant and wise beyond her years - is drawn into an increasingly entangled adult world of intrigue and sexual betrayal, until she is finally compelled to choose her own future. Published in 1897 when Henry James was becoming increasingly experimental with narrative technique and fascinated by the idea of the child's-eye view, What Maisie Knew is a subtle, intricate yet devastating portrayal of an innocent adrift in a corrupt society.

Biografía del autor:

Henry James was born in 1843 in New York and died in London in 1916. In addition to many short stories, plays, books of criticism, autobiography and travel, he wrote some twenty novels, the first published being Roderick Hudson (1875). They include The Europeans, Washington Square, The Portrait of a Lady, The Bostonians, The Princess Casamassima, The Tragic Muse, The Spoils of Poynton, The Awkward Age, The Wings of the Dove, The Ambassadors and The Golden Bowl.

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• Verlag: Penguin Classics
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0140432485
• ISBN 13: 9780140432480
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288
• Herausgeber: Theroux Paul, Crick Patricia