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Fingersmith

Fingersmith is undoubtedly the best work that Sarah Waters has produced to date. Sarah Waters (born 1966) is a British novelist. ...


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Fingersmith, by Susan Waters, published by Penguin,, (1368 words)
Fingersmith, in case you are wondering, is the Victorian term for petty thief.
As part of a complex plan to deceive a young heiress, Sue is sent to a forbidding old mansion in the country, to be maid to the heiress, Maud Lilly, who is kept isolated from the real world by her obsessive and eccentric uncle.
Fingersmith was shortlisted for the 2002 Orange Prize.
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