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Manufacturer: Riverhead Trade
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9781573229722
ISBN: 1573229725
Label: Riverhead Trade
Manufacturer: Riverhead Trade
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 582
Publication Date: 2002-10-01
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
Studio: Riverhead Trade
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Summary: Wonderful
Comment: I'm not sure how to describe this story, I don't really want to tell you anymore than I knew before I started reading it. It's so much better to be surprised by the twists and turns, I will tell you there are many.
Sue Trinder is a thief from London who has set out to assist one of her compatriots, known as Gentleman, into tricking Maud Lilly into marrying him, in an effort to get his hands on her fortune.
I loved and hated the characters that Sarah Waters brought to life. Her descriptions were so vivid, the details many, the mystery exciting...I loved it!
If only they could all be so good!
Sarah Waters is a wonderful writer and story teller.
I will be looking for more of her work.
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Summary: Melodrama at its best
Comment: This is melodrama, but intelligent, entertaining and well-written. It kept me guessing, and it kept me turning the pages throughout its not inconsiderable length. Its period Victorian color is well-done; its romance, eroticism and violence are all tastefully rendered.Highly recommended.
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Summary: A master novelist - not just for lesbians
Comment: Sarah Waters has produced yet another Victorian adventure in creating "Fingersmith".
Any explanation of the plot would betray some of the plot points and twists. I will stay away from spoiling the fun of reading through this exceptional novel.
Sarah Waters has a talent for portraying many aspects of women in a way that brings them alive in her novels. Her characters are more than mere stereotypes. Some might describe them as "flawed." Compared to T.V. heroines, perhaps they are flawed, however, a better way to describe her central characters is to say that they are multi-dimensional and believable. Many of the characters develope from backgrounds and circumstances to which all of us can relate and appreciate.
After a few plot twists, Sarah Waters' heroine finds herself to be a talented "fingersmith". A fingersmith is a Victorian term for a "pick-pocket" or thief.
From these common beginnings, much in the way of her first heroine in Tipping the Velvet: A Novel her "everywoman" heroine in "Fingersmith" encounters one adventure after another to find herself in a plot twist of intrigue involving another woman. Although this is not as as sensual as her first novel: Tipping the Velvet, "Fingersmith" provides a rich ambience of romance and tenderness between the women.
The writing is superb, with concise but fluid descriptions of 19th. Century England, and, the personalities we've come to savor from Ms. Waters.
DO see the BBC production of this engaging novel!Fingersmith
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Summary: One of the best books I have ever read
Comment: The format of this book was amazing, along with many other aspects (detailed descriptions, character development and the overall plot line). Chapter one was told by one character's point of view and the exact same story was told by another character's point of view. Even some of the lines were the same, making the stories line up so perfectly and deliciously and so shockingly different.
The overall story was just amazing. I am surprised this concept hasn't been made into a movie.
I would not consider this anywhere near as racy as Waters' other book I have read, Tipping the Velvet which is just fine with me.
This book is marvelous.
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Summary: Amazing Book
Comment: I absolutely loved this book. This is the first book that I have read of her's and it is amazing. I would recommened this book to everyone. I have not seen then movie yet but I plan to. I hope that it is just as intriguing as the book.
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In Victorian England, an orphan girl is sent to a country estate to work for-and ultimately woo-its young heiress, on behalf of a mysterious benefactor known as Gentleman.
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