- Fiction, Girls, Remarried people, Children of divorced parents
In the aftermath of an acrimonious divorce, young Maisie Farange finds herself shuttled back and forth between her father and mother, both of them amoral and monstrously self-involved.
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Prestige, contemplative, intimate and spare.
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
- intimateepic
- sparerichly built
- rawmeticulous
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- Author
- Henry James
- First published
- July 30, 1974
- Pages
- 322
- Publisher
- H.S. Stone & Co., Doubleday, Doubleday Anchor
- Editions
- 163
- Language
- Portuguese, English, heb, cze
- ISBN
- 9798527962284
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“THE litigation had seemed interminable and had in fact been complicated; but by the decision on the appeal the judgment of the divorce-court was confirmed as to the assignment of the child.”
Henry James, was an American writer, regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. He was the son of Henry James, Sr., a clergyman, and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James. ([Source][1].) [1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_James
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