Fingersmith

This is a Modern Victorian novel that reads like a murder mystery.This is Sarah Water's third novel and it follows a pickpocketing orphan who poses as a lady maid. It's a story filled with lots of twists and turns and an enthralling love affair.

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582 pages

Average rating: 7.64

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LiziB
Feb 23, 2023
10/10 stars
Suzanne Schuckel Heath recommended another book by this author, but I liked the sound of this one more and got it from the library instead, and am so glad I did. This Victorian thriller with thieves, con artists, madhouses, missing mothers, pornographic literature, and lady-on-lady love was so good in every way. The story was so Byzantine that even I didn't figure out all the angles, and every character, no matter how evil, was sympathetic. I onl...read more

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