What Maisie Knew
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What Maisie Knew is a novel by Henry James that follows a young girl caught between her divorced, self-absorbed parents, exploring themes of innocence, perception, and moral responsibility.
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| instanceOf |
novel
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| adaptationType |
film
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| author |
Henry James
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| character |
Beale Farange
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Ida Farange → Maisie Farange → Miss Overmore → Mrs. Wix → Sir Claude → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| explores |
moral ambiguity in adult behavior
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the limits of a child’s understanding → |
| firstPublicationForm |
serial
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| firstPublishedIn |
The New Review
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| focusesOn |
a young girl caught between divorced parents
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| genre |
coming-of-age novel
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literary fiction → psychological fiction → |
| hasAdaptation |
What Maisie Knew (2012 film)
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| hasCriticalReception |
considered a classic of Henry James’s fiction
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| hasIllustrationBy |
Clarence F. Underwood
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| hasTitleCharacter |
Maisie Farange
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| literaryForm |
prose
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| literaryPeriod |
late 19th century
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| mainCharacter |
Maisie Farange
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| movement |
psychological realism
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realism → |
| narrativeFocus |
child’s point of view
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| narrativePerspective |
third-person limited
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| originalLanguage |
English
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| partOf |
Henry James’s major phase
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| placeOfPublication |
London
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| publicationYear |
1897
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| publisher |
William Heinemann
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| setting |
London
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| structure |
chronological narrative
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| subjectMatter |
effects of divorce on a child
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moral development of a child → |
| theme |
childhood innocence
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custody conflict → divorce → moral responsibility → parental neglect → perception → |
| timePeriodOfSetting |
Victorian era
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Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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What Maisie Knew
("What Maisie Knew (2012 film)")
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Henry James
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