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“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
The Handmaiden, a film adaptation of Fingersmith, directed by Park Chan-wook and starring Kim Tae-Ri, is coming to theaters this fall
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 naïve 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.
- Sales Rank: #6701 in Books
- Brand: Riverhead Trade
- Published on: 2002-10-01
- Released on: 2002-10-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.00" h x 1.20" w x 5.20" l,
- Binding: Paperback
- 582 pages
- Great product!
Amazon.com Review
Fingersmith is the third slice of engrossing lesbian Victoriana from Sarah Waters. Although lighter and more melodramatic in tone than its predecessor, Affinity, this hypnotic suspense novel is awash with all manner of gloomy Dickensian leitmotifs: pickpockets, orphans, grim prisons, lunatic asylums, "laughing villains," and, of course, "stolen fortunes and girls made out to be mad." Divided into three parts, the tale is narrated by two orphaned girls whose lives are inextricably linked. Waters's penchant for byzantine plotting can get a bit exhausting, but even at its densest moments--and remember, this is smoggy London circa 1862--it remains mesmerizing. A damning critique of Victorian moral and sexual hypocrisy, a gripping melodrama, and a love story to boot, this book ingeniously reworks some truly classic themes. --Travis Elborough, Amazon.co.uk
From Library Journal
In Victorian London, the orphaned Sue Trinder is raised by Mrs. Sucksby, den mother to a family of thieves, or "fingersmiths." To repay Mrs. Sucksby's kindness, Sue gets involved in a scam but soon regrets it. From the award-winning author of Tipping the Velvet.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Waters' third novel, set in Victorian England, opens when Sue Trinder, an orphan raised by a band of thieves, is recruited by Richard Rivers, a con man known as Gentleman, to help him in his quest to marry Maud Lilly, an heiress living in isolation in the country with her eccentric uncle. Maud stands to inherit a small fortune when she marries, and Gentleman intends to marry her, steal her inheritance, and imprison her in a madhouse. Sue agrees to pose as a maid to Maud and to gain her confidence. But Sue finds Maud sweet and trusting, and, to her surprise, she begins to fall in love with Maud and have serious misgivings about Gentleman's plan. But Sue only knows a small part of the scheme, and it will affect both her and Maud in ways she does not realize. The intricate plotting and startling revelations will keep the reader enthralled, rapidly turning the pages to get to the exciting conclusion. Waters' gripping, engrossing thriller would make the Victorian master of suspense, Wilkie Collins, proud. Kristine Huntley
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
Implausible plots
By Sen Peng Eu
*** Spoiler alert ***
I read the book knowing that it is a Booker award nominee, but without knowing the plot, without knowing that there is a BBC miniseries, without knowing that this is a crime novel with a lesbian love in a time of Dickens.
Waters did try hard to put the elements of lesbian love into the time, and tried hard to make everything plausible. To be fair this is a enjoyable read as the theme and the story is very unusual. However my opinion is toward negative.
First, the plot. It is so contrived with so many twists that you feel that there is no surprise if in the next chapter everything is upside down again, and once more in the next next chapter you are told that everything is a dream.
Second, Mrs Sucksby. I just cannot understand Mrs Sucksby: How can she (1) exchange her own daughter with somebody and wait for 17 years just for a insecure future money, and (2) how can she not love, not a bit, the exchanged fake daughter after 17 years of living together so as to send her into a mad house without rue? These two facts are simply unreasonable but so crucial in the book; and the plot of Gentleman and Sucksby, and hence the whole setting of the book is based on this. It just cannot persuade me.
Finally, most of the characters are flat. The tone and language of Sue is too mature and erudite for an illiterate. How can she know Helen and Troy? How can she know so many rare words? The dialogue and reaction between the characters of Lant street in the scene that Sue is back with a knife is ridiculous enough -- that is too calm and rational, too many words, to be true.
Overall this is a enjoyable but light read. A good novel makes readers feel for the characters and care for their fates. A great novel makes readers ponder. However for this one, It seems there are too many plots and not so many deep things to ponder if the plots are dropped out.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Loved it!
By Lori Lesko
The definition of fingersmith: (slang), for a midwife or pickpocket. This holds true for both as you'll soon see.
I swear Sarah Waters must have a time machine at her disposal to be able to write such depth and intricate details of London in the 1800's. No stone goes unturned in this one. From the slums, to the city life, to a boarded-up mansion and lunatic asylum--it all comes bursting off the pages in this master piece of a novel.
As for the plot, it revolves around a bunch of con artists. And I, for one always enjoy those types of stories. Who doesn't like it when cons try to out do each other? Especially when the characters are so completely developed, their backgrounds exposed, well, as much that can be explained by the author at the time. For yes! You, my lovely readers will be conned as well. Your breathing will increase and you'll find yourself slipping back and forth a few pages to make sure what you just read and that it was truly happening.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Victorian London and a heist scheme......
By Brandy L. Hinkey
I was drawn in by the fact that I've loved other books by this author. She has a way of making you feel as though you're a part of Victorian London. Her descriptions of people, places and even mundane things are a true lyrical gift. However, the middle of this book dragged on for me. It was as though we were living through Maud & Sue's dreary days with them. I get that some of that is necessary to create suspense, but after a while, it seemed overkill and it got stale.
The beginning and the end were fabulous, and even parts of the middle sucked me in. There were a lot of twists that got me and some that didn't. No doubt, however, that there is no clear "good" or "bad" characters in this novel, only varying shades of gray- and I loved that!!
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