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pdf | 56.69 MB | English| Isbn: 9781101057025 | Author: Sarah Waters | Year: 2002
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The Handmaiden, a film adaptation of Fingersmith, directed by Park Chan-wook and starring Kim Tae-Ri, is now available.
Sue Trinder is an orphan, left as an infant in the care of Mrs. Sucksby, a "baby farmer," who raised her with unusual tenderness, as if Sue were her own. Mrs. Sucksby's household, with its fussy babies calmed with doses of gin, also hosts a transient family of petty thieves-fingersmiths-for whom this house in the heart of a mean London slum is home.
One day, the most beloved thief of all arrives-Gentleman, an elegant con man, who carries with him an enticing proposition for Sue: If she wins a position as the maid to Maud Lilly, a naïve gentlewoman, and aids Gentleman in her seduction, then they will all share in Maud's vast inheritance. Once the inheritance is secured, Maud will be disposed of-passed off as mad, and made to live out the rest of her days in a lunatic asylum.
With dreams of paying back the kindness of her adopted family, Sue agrees to the plan. Once in, however, Sue begins to pity her helpless mark and care for Maud Lilly in unexpected ways...But no one and nothing is as it seems in this Dickensian novel of thrills and reversals.
Category: Fiction, Awards, Literature, Mystery & Thrillers, Fiction Subjects, World Fiction, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Crimes - Fiction, English, Scottish, & Welsh Fiction, Other Mystery Categories, 19th Century Historical Fiction - General & Miscellaneous, Con Artists - Fiction, English Fiction - 21st Century, Historical Mysteries, Robbery & Burglary - Fiction, 2002 Dagger Award Winners, 2002 Man Booker Prize Shortlist, 2002 Orange Prize Shortlist, 2003 Lambda Literary Award Winners, Historical Dagger Winners, Lesbian Fiction->Lambda Literary Award, New York Times Notable Fiction & Poetry 2002
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