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Fingersmith is a 2002 historical crime novel set in Victorian-era Britain by Sarah Waters. [1] Plot summary. Part one. Sue Trinder, an orphan raised in "a Fagin -like den of thieves" by her adoptive mother, Mrs Sucksby, is sent to help Richard "Gentleman" Rivers seduce a wealthy heiress.
Oct 1, 2002 · 4.02. 107,098 ratings8,147 reviews. 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 ...
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Oct 1, 2002 · Fingersmith. Paperback – October 1, 2002. by Sarah Waters (Author) 4.1 8,077 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.
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Oct 1, 2002 · —The New York Times Book Review “Astonishing narrative twists.” —Newsday “Superb storytelling. Fingersmith is gripping; so suspenseful and twisting is the plot that for the last 250 pages, I read at breakneck speed.” —USA Today “A deftly plotted thriller…absorbing and elegant.” —Entertainment Weekly
About Fingersmith. “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 ReviewThe Handmaiden, a film adaptation of Fingersmith, directed by Park Chan-wook and starring Kim Tae-Ri, is now available.
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Jun 4, 2019 · Fingersmith Kindle Edition. by Sarah Waters (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.2 7,725 ratings. See all formats and editions. Kindle. $13.99 Read with our free app. Audiobook. $0.00 Free with your Audible trial. A Penguin Book Club Pick. “Oliver Twist with a twist . . . Waters spins an absorbing tale that withholds as much as it discloses.
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Oct 1, 2002 · Fingersmith Kindle Edition. by Sarah Waters (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.1 8,082 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.
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