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* DisownedParent: After [[ParentalAbandonment being abandoned by her biological parents]], Maisie is forced to stay with her adoptive parents, Mrs. Overmore and Sir Claude. Years later, she has to decide whether to stay by them or stay with her governess, Mrs. Wix. Figuring that her adoptive parents would likely end up in the same situation as her biological parents, she decides to leave them and go to Mrs. Wix as she was dedicated to looking after Maisie where her parents failed at.
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* ParentalNeglect: Beale and Ida spend ''so much time'' hating and arguing about each other that they do not know the full extent of how much they are missing out their daughter.
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* ParentalNeglect: Beale and Ida spend ''so much time'' hating and arguing about each other that they do not know the full extent of how much they are missing out their daughter.daughter.
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* AnAesop: The moral is that ParentalNeglect and HandsOffParenting are serious issues to the development and health of a child if taken too far, as shown with Beale and Ida/Susanna. Furthermore, it is important to look after a child's needs and their emotional state, as Mrs. Wix (novel) demonstrates.
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Only Child Syndrome is now "traits of only children"
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''What Maisie Knew'' is a novel written by English novelist Creator/HenryJames in 1897. It is about the turbulence of a little girl named [[EpunymousTitle Maisie]], who is caught in the middle of an intense and hateful relationship between her parents. To make matters worse, her parents actually use their daughter to justify and intensify their disdain towards one another. The result is the parents prioritizing each other and their needs over Maisie's and how she is forced to deal with the situation, which lasts up until her early teen years.
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''What Maisie Knew'' is a novel written by English novelist Creator/HenryJames in 1897. It is about the turbulence of a little girl named [[EpunymousTitle Maisie]], Maisie, who is caught in the middle of an intense and hateful relationship between her parents. To make matters worse, her parents actually use their daughter to justify and intensify their disdain towards one another. The result is the parents prioritizing each other and their needs over Maisie's and how she is forced to deal with the situation, which lasts up until her early teen years.
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* EpunymousTitle: The title, in addition to being named after the main character, also details what she is going through and witnesses regarding her parents and her home life.
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->''"Fear, unfortunately, is a very big thing, and there's a great variety of kinds."''
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''What Maisie Knew'' is a novel written by English novelist Creator/HenryJames in 1987. It is about the turbulence of a little girl named [[EpunymousTitle Maisie]], who is caught in the middle of an intense and hateful relationship between her parents. To make matters worse, her parents actually use their daughter to justify and intensify their disdain towards one another. The result is the parents prioritizing each other and their needs over Maisie's and how she is forced to deal with the situation, which lasts up until her early teen years.
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''What Maisie Knew'' is a novel written by English novelist Creator/HenryJames in 1987.1897. It is about the turbulence of a little girl named [[EpunymousTitle Maisie]], who is caught in the middle of an intense and hateful relationship between her parents. To make matters worse, her parents actually use their daughter to justify and intensify their disdain towards one another. The result is the parents prioritizing each other and their needs over Maisie's and how she is forced to deal with the situation, which lasts up until her early teen years.
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* AbusiveParents: A more psychological and neglectful example as Beale and Ida complain in Maisie's vicinity and she becomes despondent on how she cannot reach out to them.
* HappilyAdopted: By the end of the story, Maisie chooses to leave her new parents and go on to live with her adult guardian, Mrs. Wix.
* OnlyChildSyndrome: An oddly weird example, given there isn't an emphasis on siblings, but her parents arguing doesn't help Maisie socially as she has no siblings to either converse or interact with and is forced to overhear what her mom and dad say.
* ParentalNeglect: Beale and Ida spend ''so much time'' hating and arguing about each other that they do not know the full extent of how much they are missing out their daughter.
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''What Maisie Knew'' is a novel written by English novelist Creator/HenryJames in 1987. It is about the turbulence of a little girl named [[EpunymousTitle Maisie]], who is caught in the middle of an intense and hateful relationship between her parents. To make matters worse, her parents actually use their daughter to justify and intensify their disdain towards one another. The result is the parents prioritizing each other and their needs over Maisie's and how she is forced to deal with the situation, which lasts up until her early teen years.
A live-action film adaptation of the book was made in 2012. The general premise is updated to be focused in then-modern day UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity and beyond the setting, there are some changes and differences regarding the characters and their actions. Further information about the film adaptation can be found [[Film/WhatMaisieKnew here]].
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A live-action film adaptation of the book was made in 2012. The general premise is updated to be focused in then-modern day UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity and beyond the setting, there are some changes and differences regarding the characters and their actions. Further information about the film adaptation can be found [[Film/WhatMaisieKnew here]].
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