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

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
What Maisie Knew ("What Maisie Knew (2012 film)")
hasAdaptation
Henry James
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