Fingersmith
Author: Sarah Waters
Translator: Yong-joon Choi
Publisher: Yeollinchaekdeul
Hardcover | 832 pages | 1128 * 190 * 42 mm
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About This Book
In Victorian London, the orphaned Sue Trinder is raised by Mrs. Sucksby,
den mother to a family of thieves, or "fingersmiths." To repay Mrs.
Sucksby's kindness, Sue gets involved in a scam but soon regrets it.
From the award-winning author of Tipping the Velvet. --From Library
Journal
Fingersmith is the third slice of engrossing lesbian Victoriana from
Sarah Waters. Although lighter and more melodramatic in tone than its
predecessor, Affinity, this hypnotic suspense novel is awash with all
manner of gloomy Dickensian leitmotifs: pickpockets, orphans, grim
prisons, lunatic asylums, "laughing villains," and, of course, "stolen
fortunes and girls made out to be mad." Divided into three parts, the
tale is narrated by two orphaned girls whose lives are inextricably
linked. Waters's penchant for byzantine plotting can get a bit
exhausting, but even at its densest moments--and remember, this is
smoggy London circa 1862--it remains mesmerizing. A damning critique of
Victorian moral and sexual hypocrisy, a gripping melodrama, and a love
story to boot, this book ingeniously reworks some truly classic themes.
--Travis Elborough, Amazon.co.uk
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