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Fingersmith is a 2002 historical crime novel set in Victorian-era Britain by Sarah Waters.
Oct 1, 2002 · Set in London 1862, Sue Trinder, orphaned at birth grows up among petty thieves, fingersmiths under the rough but loving cars of Mrs Sucksby and her family, Sue’s fate becomes linked to that of another orphan growing up in a gloomy mansion and her life takes a turn that is least expected and makes for chilling reading.
Oct 1, 2002 · Fingersmith. Paperback – October 1, 2002. by Sarah Waters (Author) 4.1 8,126 ratings. See all formats and editions. “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.
Jun 4, 2019 · Fingersmith - Kindle edition by Waters, Sarah. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Fingersmith.
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Oct 1, 2002 · 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 ...
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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.
Jun 4, 2019 · 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.
- Sarah Waters
Feb 4, 2002 · FINGERSMITH. by Sarah Waters ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 4, 2002. Nobody writing today surpasses the precocious Waters’s virtuosic handling of narrative complexity and thickly textured...
Dec 9, 2020 · "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 a maid to Maud Lilly, a naive country gentlewoman, and aids Gentleman in her seduction, then they will all share in Maud's vast inheritance.
Feb 4, 2002 · Fingersmith. Written by Sarah Waters. Sarah Waters offers an intriguing blend of mystery and suspense, secrets and betrayal in her evocative Victorian underworld page-turner. London, 1862.
Oct 1, 2002 · The New York Times Book Review has called Sarah Waters a writer of "consummate skill" and The Seattle Times has praised her work as "gripping, astute fiction that feeds the mind and the senses." Fingersmith marks a major leap forward in this young and brilliant career.
Jan 1, 2004 · It begins with a young thief, Sue, who joins a plot to swindle an heiress out of her fortune. This being a Sarah Waters book, attraction develops between Sue and the heiress and.... you'll have to read it to find out the rest!
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Sarah Waters is the bestselling author of Tipping the Velvet, Affinity, Fingersmith, and The Night Watch. Winner of many literary awards, she has been shortlisted for both the Man Booker and Orange Prizes. She lives in London.
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Jun 4, 2019 · Fingersmith Kindle Edition. by Sarah Waters (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.2 7,502 ratings. See all formats and editions. A Penguin Book Club Pick. “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.
- Sarah Waters
A thrilling tale of thievery, betrayal, and mistaken identity, Fingersmith, by Welsh author Sarah Waters, tells the story of two women from two very different stations of life whose fates are inextricably linked.
Nov 15, 2022 · Sarah Waters’ Fingersmith, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2002, is the story of Sue Trinder, who poses as a lady’s maid to an orphan-heiress in Victorian England.
Apr 17, 2019 · When a fingersmith known as Gentleman asks Sue to help him con a wealthy woman out of her inheritance, she never expects to pity her helpless mark, let alone come to care for her. But no one and nothing is as it seems in this Dickensian novel of thrills and reversals.
She is best known for her first novel, Tipping the Velvet, as well the novels that followed, including Affinity, Fingersmith, and The Night Watch. Waters attended university, earning degrees in English literature. Before writing novels Waters worked as an academic, earning a doctorate and teaching.
Feb 4, 2002 · Growing up as a foster child among a family of thieves, orphan Sue Trinder hopes to pay back that kindness by playing a key role in a swindle scheme devised by their leader, Gentleman, who is planning to con a fortune out of the naive Maud Lily, but Sue's growing pity for their helpless victim could destroy the plot.
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Jun 11, 2012 · My first Sarah Waters book was Tipping the Velvet Rope and I loved it. I had never read anything else like it before and it was just one of those books that stayed with me, like a great song or childhood memory. Yet, I hadn't thought to look up anything else she wrote until more recently when I stumbled upon Fingersmith.
