The Resource Fingersmith, Sarah Waters
Fingersmith, Sarah Waters
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- Summary
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- Growing up as a foster child among a family of thieves, orphan Sue Trinder hopes to pay back that kindness by playing a key role in a swindle scheme devised by their leader, who is planning to con a fortune out of the naive Maud Lilly
- "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 a maid to Maud Lilly, a naive country 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 family, Sue agrees to the plan. Once in, however, she begins to pity her helpless mark and to care for Maud Lilly in unexpected ways...only the first surprise in this Dickensian novel of stunning thrills and reversals."--BOOK JACKET
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Fingersmith
- Title
- Fingersmith
- Statement of responsibility
- Sarah Waters
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- Growing up as a foster child among a family of thieves, orphan Sue Trinder hopes to pay back that kindness by playing a key role in a swindle scheme devised by their leader, who is planning to con a fortune out of the naive Maud Lilly
- "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 a maid to Maud Lilly, a naive country 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 family, Sue agrees to the plan. Once in, however, she begins to pity her helpless mark and to care for Maud Lilly in unexpected ways...only the first surprise in this Dickensian novel of stunning thrills and reversals."--BOOK JACKET
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1966-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Waters, Sarah
- Dewey number
- 823/.914
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR6073.A828
- LC item number
- F56 2002
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- London (England)
- Label
- Fingersmith, Sarah Waters
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 48045927
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 582 pages
- Isbn
- 9781573222037
- Isbn Type
- (acid-free paper)
- Lccn
- 2001051053
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Note
- UMKC: Gift purchased by the UMKC Friends of the Library.
- Label
- Fingersmith, Sarah Waters
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 48045927
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 582 pages
- Isbn
- 9781573222037
- Isbn Type
- (acid-free paper)
- Lccn
- 2001051053
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Note
- UMKC: Gift purchased by the UMKC Friends of the Library.
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