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What Maisie Knew (1897) represents one of James's finest reflections on the rites of passage from wonder to knowledge, and the question of their finality. The child of violently divorced parents, Maisie Farange opens her eyes on a distinctly modern world. Mothers and fathers keep changing their partners and names, while she herself becomes the pretext for all sorts of adult sexual intrigue.
20 Ogo 2013 · In ‘What Maisie Knew’, seven-year-old Maisie’s parents are doing their best to live up to that line by selfishly using their daughter as a weapon in their divorce. Usually a film about an ...
What Maisie Knew. In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle. IMDb 7.41 h 38 min2013. X-RayR. Drama ·Downbeat·Gentle·Touching. Freevee (with ads) Watch with PrimeStart your 30-day free trial. Like. Not for me.
In What Maisie Knew the divorced parents of a perceptive twelve-year-old girl subsequently remarry, and she continues to spend six months of the year with each family. She observes the same adulterous affairs in her stepmother and stepfather as she saw in her parents; but this knowledge matures rather than corrupts her. Show more.
What Maisie Knew. In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle. 531 IMDb 7.4 1 h 38 min 2013. X-Ray R. Drama · Downbeat · Gentle · Touching. Freevee (with ads) Watch with Prime.
Henry James does a great job of describing the world from Maisie's perspective, to a heartbreaking point at times. I wonder if he saw into the future a bit when he wrote this book. Now there's a "contemporary reimagining" of this book in the form of a movie (also titled "What Maisie Knew" 2012). The essence of the story is the same.
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. What Maisie Knew is a subtle yet devastating portrayal of an innocent adrift in a corrupt society. Part of a relaunch of three James titles.
