Elaine Cassidy
Maud Lilly
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- 1. S1 E1 Mar 27, 2005
- Conman Richard Rivers enlists the help of Sue Trinder in his plot to rob a wealthy heiress.
- 2. S1 E2 Apr 3, 2005
- Sue knows she cannot tell Maud that she loves her or that Rivers is planning to send her away.
- 3. S1 E3 Apr 10, 2005
- A handsome con man makes plans to elope with, then rob, a wealthy young heiress.
The novel has been adapted for television, the stage and as a film. Fingersmith, a BBC TV adaptation, was broadcast in 2005. Its cast included Sally Hawkins as Susan Trinder, Elaine Cassidy as Maud Lilly, Imelda Staunton as Mrs Sucksby, and Rupert Evans as Gentleman.
- 511 pp
- Sarah Waters
- 4 February 2002
- Virago Press
Fingersmith is a 2005 British TV mini series based on Sarah Waters' novel. It follows a young thief who falls in love with a rich heiress while posing as her maid in a scam.
- (9.4K)
- Crime, Drama, Romance
- Not Rated
- 2005-04-02
Fingersmith. (TV serial) Fingersmith is a three-part BBC mini-series that was televised in 2005. [1] The story is an adaptation of Sarah Waters ' 2002 novel of the same name and follows a con man who plans to seduce and defraud a wealthy heiress with the help of a young orphaned woman.
Oct 1, 2002 · Sarah Waters. Sarah Waters is a British novelist. 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.
- (106.3K)
- Ebook
Oct 1, 2002 · “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 The Handmaiden, a film adaptation of Fingersmith, directed by Park Chan-wook and starring Kim Tae-Ri, is now available.
- (8K)
- $15.99
- Sarah Waters
- Riverhead Books
In Victorian England, Sue, a young thief, participates in a scam to defraud a rich heiress by becoming her maid. Things take an unexpected turn and Sue's plan goes horribly wrong. Susan "Sue" Trinder is a fingersmith (British slang for thief) who lives in the slums of London with a baby farmer (person who looks after unwanted babies) Mrs.Sucksby.
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A Dickensian novel of thrills and reversals, Fingersmith follows an orphan maid who joins a con man to seduce a wealthy heiress. The book won several awards and inspired a film adaptation by Park Chan-wook.
