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Author | Henry James |
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Language | English |
Genre | Novel |
Publisher | William Heinemann, London Herbert S. Stone, Chicago |
Publication date | 17 September 1897 (Heinemann) 16 October 1897 (Stone) |
Publication place | United Kingdom United States |
Media type | Print (Serialized) |
Pages | 304 pp (Heinemann) 470 pp (Stone) |
What Maisie Knew is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Chap-Book and (revised and abridged) in the New Review in 1897 and then as a book later that year. It tells the story of the sensitive daughter of divorced, irresponsible and narcissistic parents. The book follows the title character from earliest childhood to precocious maturity.