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Fingersmith

bySarah Waters

Genres: Crime Historical fiction Fiction Historical Whodunits

Who is this book for? Readers interested in historical fiction with complex characters and LGBTQ themes.

Topics IdentityBetrayalFriendshipFamilySurvival

MoodSuspenseful, Dark, Melancholic

Female protagonist

RomanceMajor Subplot

ViolenceModerate

Explicit scenesSuggestive Themes

Shortlisted for the Orange Prize (now the Women's Prize for Fiction) and the Booker Prize London 1862. Sue Trinder, orphaned at birth, grows up among petty thieves - fingersmiths - under the rough but loving care of Mrs Sucksby and her 'family'. But from the moment she draws breath, Sue's fate is linked to that of another orphan growing up in a gloomy mansion not too many miles away. Beautiful hardback 20th Anniversary Edition - with lovely endpapers, a ribbon and a new afterword by this celebrated author. Fingersmith remains one of her most successful and best-loved novels.

Language

Published on

17/11/2022

Pages

552

Format

Hardback

ISBN

9780349017464

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