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Feb 4, 2002 · It begins as the narrative of 17-year-old Susan Trinder, an orphan resident of the criminal domicile run by Hogarthian Grace Sucksby, a Fagin-like “farmer” of discarded infants and den-mother to an extended family of “fingersmiths” (i.e., pickpockets) and assorted confidence-persons.
Oct 1, 2002 · Read 8,149 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. Sue Trinder is an orphan, left as an infant in the care of Mrs. Sucksby, a "baby farmer,…
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The book is notable for its eroticism and depiction of pornography. Reviewers have praised Waters' negotiation of sexual themes; a review from The Guardian describes it as "erotic and unnerving", while The New York Times praises its "illicit undertow".
Apr 17, 2019 · Sarah Water's Dikensian novel FINGERSMITH is "engrossing, atmospheric story takes us to the slums of nineteenth-century London"—OLIVER TWIST with a twist.
Twisty period drama has dark tone, mature sexual themes. Read Common Sense Media's Fingersmith review, age rating, and parents guide.
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Oct 1, 2002 · Editorial Reviews. Deliciously brazen…a smart and seductive enchantment.”. —Los Angeles Times. “Oliver Twist with a twist…Waters spins an absorbing tale that withholds as much as it discloses. A pulsating story.”. —The New York Times Book Review.
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Feb 24, 2002 · FINGERSMITH. By Sarah Waters. 511 pp. New York: Riverhead Books. $25.95. ''IT is a black art, the writing of a history, is it not? -- to resurrect the dead, and animate their bones, as historians...
