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Barcode30293101882616
LocationClark County
Call NoF Wate
TitleFingersmith / Sarah Waters.
AuthorWaters, Sarah, 1966- author.
CollectionF
Total Circ5
NumReserves0
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LocationBarcodeCall NoCreated OnIssue NameCirc StatusTemp Loc
Clark County30293101882616F Wate1/19/2021 AvailableClark County

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9781573229722
International Standard Book Number 1573229725
Personal Name Waters, Sarah, 1966- author.
Title Statement Fingersmith / Sarah Waters.
Edition Statement First Riverhead trade paperback edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York : Riverhead Books, 2002.
Physical Description 582 pages ; 21 cm.
Summary, Etc. "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 house in the heart of a mean London slum is home. One day, the most beloved thief of all arrives-Gentleman, a somewhat elegant con man, who carries with him an enticing proposition for Sue: If she wins a position as the maid to Maud Lilly, a nai¨ve gentlewoman, and aids Gentleman in her seduction, then they will all share in Maud's vast inheritance. Once the inheritance is secured, Maud will be left to live out her days in a mental hospital. With dreams of paying back the kindness of her adopted family, Sue agrees to the plan. Once in, however, Sue begins to pity her helpless mark and care for Maud Lilly in unexpected ways ... But no one and nothing is as it seems in this Dickensian novel of thrills and surprises". -- Provided by publisher.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Thieves Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Swindlers and swindling Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Orphans Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Inheritance and succession Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term London (England) History 19th century Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901 Fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Historical fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Lesbian fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Romance fiction.

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