robin
- 1
- review
- 0
- helpful votes
- 1
- rating
-
What Maisie Knew
- By: Henry James
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 33
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 29
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 29
Following a violent and messy divorce, young Maisie Farange floats back and forth between her parents, Beale and Ida, who use her as a weapon to torment each other in their ongoing, internecine war. Eventually the parents both remarry, and it becomes clear that the new spouses care more for Maisie than her own parents. Beale and Ida soon embark on a series of extramarital affairs, leaving Maisie in the care of the new step-parents, who begin their own affair with each other.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Not a book for Audible
- By Mitzi on 06-22-20
- What Maisie Knew
- By: Henry James
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
Outstanding reader
Reviewed: 10-27-23
Juliet Stevenson brings this complex novella to life, listening to her depiction of each character made the very dense conversations easy to follow, as real as Henry James intended. His long sentences with many digressions can be a job to follow when reading but listening to Juliet was like being present.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!