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What Maisie knew / Henry James / Penguin Books (2010)
Titre : What Maisie knew Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Henry James, Auteur Editeur : Penguin Books, 2010 Description : 309 p. ISBN/ISSN : 978-0-14-144137-5 Résumé : What Maisie Knew is Henry James's damning portrait of adultery, jealousy and possession on the decadent fringe of English upper-class society. After her parents' bitter divorce, young Maisie Farange finds herself turned into a 'little feathered shuttlecock' to be swatted back and forth by her selfish mother, Ida, and her vain father, Beale, who value her only as a means of provoking one another. When both take lovers and remarry, Maisie - solitary, observant and wise beyond her years - is drawn into an entangled adult world of intrigue and sexual betrayal, until she is at last able to cooperate in choosing her own future. Nature du document : fiction Thème de fiction : apprentissage de la vie/famille/secret de famille/solitude Genre : roman What Maisie knew [texte imprimé] / Henry James, Auteur . - Penguin Books, 2010 . - 309 p.
ISBN : 978-0-14-144137-5
Résumé : What Maisie Knew is Henry James's damning portrait of adultery, jealousy and possession on the decadent fringe of English upper-class society. After her parents' bitter divorce, young Maisie Farange finds herself turned into a 'little feathered shuttlecock' to be swatted back and forth by her selfish mother, Ida, and her vain father, Beale, who value her only as a means of provoking one another. When both take lovers and remarry, Maisie - solitary, observant and wise beyond her years - is drawn into an entangled adult world of intrigue and sexual betrayal, until she is at last able to cooperate in choosing her own future. Nature du document : fiction Thème de fiction : apprentissage de la vie/famille/secret de famille/solitude Genre : roman
What Maisie knew
de Henry James
Penguin Books, 2010, 309 p.
What Maisie Knew is Henry James's damning portrait of adultery, jealousy and possession on the decadent fringe of English upper-class society. After her parents' bitter divorce, young Maisie Farange finds herself turned into a 'little feathered shuttlecock' to be swatted back and forth by her selfish mother, Ida, and her vain father, Beale, who value her only as a means of provoking one another. When both take lovers and remarry, Maisie - solitary, observant and wise beyond her years - is drawn into an entangled adult world of intrigue and sexual betrayal, until she is at last able to cooperate in choosing her own future.James Henry. What Maisie knew. Penguin Books, 2010, 309 p.Réservation
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