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- 1. S1 E1 Apr 6, 2011
- A troubled Victorian-era businessman finds solace in the arms of a renowned young prostitute.
- 2. S1 E2 Apr 13, 2011
- William gets Sugar a flat of her own as their relationship intensifies.
- 3. S1 E3 Apr 20, 2011
- Sugar moves into William's house to take care of his neglected daughter, and commits to help Agnes.
The Crimson Petal and the White is a 2002 novel by Michel Faber set in Victorian England. The title is from an 1847 poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson entitled "Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal", the opening line of which is "Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white."
The Crimson Petal and the White: With Romola Garai, Chris O'Dowd, Amanda Hale, Shirley Henderson. Set in 1870s London, a young prostitute finds potential power and status after becoming the mistress of a powerful patriarch.
Apr 10, 2002 · The Crimson Petal and the White. Michel Faber. 3.88. 43,906 ratings3,613 reviews. Sugar, 19, prostitute in Victorian London, yearns for a better life. From brutal brothel-keeper Mrs Castaway, she ascends in society. Affections of self-involved perfume magnate William Rackham soon smells like love.
The Crimson Petal and the White is a 2011 four part television serial, adapted from Michel Faber 's 2002 novel The Crimson Petal and the White. Starring Romola Garai as Sugar and Chris O'Dowd as William Rackham, the drama aired in the UK during April 2011 on BBC Two.
Sep 1, 2003 · A teenage prostitute ascends through the many layers of Victorian London society in this highly acclaimed “big, sexy, bravura novel” (New York Times). London, 1870s. At the heart of this panoramic narrative is a young woman’s struggle to lift her body and soul out of the gutter.
This BBC series based on the bestseller reveals a gritty, dark, Victorian England. Sugar, a prostitute, uses her charms to woo William Rackham, whose wife is slowly going mad. As their lives intertwine, events occur that will change them forever.
Sep 1, 2003 · The story of a well-read London prostitute named Sugar, who spends her free hours composing a violent, pornographic screed against men, Michel Faber's dazzling second novel dares to go where George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss and the works of Charles Dickens could not.