What Maisie Knew
First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Henry James |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | William Heinemann, London Herbert S. Stone, Chicago |
Publication date | 18 September 1897 (Heinemann) 17 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 Maisie Farange, the sensitive daughter of divorced, irresponsible, narcissistic, vindictive, and vile parents, Beale and Ida Farange. The book follows the title character from earliest childhood to precocious maturity.