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 …
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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, an elegant con man, who carries with him an enticing proposition for Sue: If she wins a position as the maid to Maud Lilly, a naive 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 disposed of—passed off as mad, and made to live out the rest of her days in a lunatic asylum.
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 reversals.The New York Times Book Review has called Sarah Waters a writer of "startling power" and The Seattle Times has praised her work as "gripping, astute fiction that feeds the mind and the senses." Fingersmith marks a major leap forward in this young and brilliant career.
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Fingersmith
Paperback, 582 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2002 by Riverhead Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-57322-972-2Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 51958938
Fingersmith
Paperback, 548 pages
English language
Published June 26, 2012 by Virago.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-86049-883-1Copied ISBN!
Fingersmith
Paperback, 560 pages
English language
Published June 25, 2019 by Little, Brown Book Group.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-349-01298-8Copied ISBN!
Fingersmith
Paperback, 592 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2005 by Virago.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-84408-165-3Copied ISBN!
Fingersmith
Hardcover, 511 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2002 by Riverhead.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-57322-203-7Copied ISBN!
Fingersmith
Paperback, 592 pages
Published Jan. 1, 2004 by Virago.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-84408-062-5Copied ISBN!
- Goodreads:
- 1027862
Falsa Identidad
Hardcover, 617 pages
Spanish, Castilian language
Published July 1, 2003 by Anagrama.
- ISBN:
- 978-84-339-6994-1Copied ISBN!
Fingersmith
Paperback, 592 pages
Published Nov. 29, 2004 by Virago.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-84408-062-5Copied ISBN!
- Goodreads:
- 1027862
Fingersmith
Audible
English language
Published May 9, 2011 by Recorded Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4281-4097-4Copied ISBN!
- ASIN:
- B0052I485I
Fingersmith
548 pages
English language
Published Nov. 8, 2002 by Virago.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-86049-882-4Copied ISBN!
Fingersmith
592 pages
English language
Published Nov. 8, 2019 by McClelland & Stewart.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-7710-6302-2Copied ISBN!
Fingersmith
eBook
English language
Published Nov. 8, 2009 by Penguin USA, Inc..
- ISBN:
- 978-1-101-05390-4Copied ISBN!
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