Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624088to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Maisie Knew Author: Henry James Narrator: Lorna Raver Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 36 minutes Release date: January 11, 2012 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: In this classic tale of the death of childhood, there is a savage comedy that owes much to Dickens. But for his portrayal of the child’s capacity for intelligent wonder, James summons all the subtlety he devotes elsewhere to his most celebrated adult protagonists. In the aftermath of an acrimonious divorce, young Maisie Farange finds herself shuttled back and forth between her father and mother and their new spouses, all of whom are monstrously self-involved. Neglected and exploited by everyone around her, Maisie herself becomes a pretext for sexual intrigue when her stepparents become attracted to each other. As Maisie opens her young eyes on this distinctly modern world, the death of her childhood provides Henry James with a vehicle for scathing social satire.

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