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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.
- 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.
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- Crime, Drama, Romance
- Not Rated
- 2005-04-02
Fingersmith is a three-part BBC mini-series that was televised in 2005. 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. 4.02. 106,641 ratings8,101 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 ...
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Oct 1, 2002 · Fingersmith. Paperback – October 1, 2002. by Sarah Waters (Author) 4.1 8,045 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.
- Riverhead Books
- $15.99
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 ...
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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.