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Shuttled between divorced parents who value her only as a means for provoking each other, Maisie grows up in a world of distasteful adult intrigue and betrayal. Yet her sprirt remains unspoilt; and Henry James's great achievement in this beautifully balanced and pivotal novel is to project, through his young heroine, a light which she herself is too innocent to understand, but which lends subtle irony to the actions and motives of her corrupt adult companions.
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