![]() The novel is both a Dickensian fable and a Gothic romance, overflowing with fascinating characters, historical detail, and multiple plot twists. ![]() ![]() ![]() The BBC television adaptation was nominated for Best Drama Serial and starred Academy-Award nominated actress Sally Hawkins as Sue. It was also shortlisted for the Orange Prize and won the British Crime Writers’ Association award for best Historical Crime Fiction. Published in 2002, Fingersmith was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, one of three novels by Sarah Waters to achieve that distinction. Sue is to act as her maid, an accomplice to the plot, but in the course of their interactions, the two women slowly fall in love, only to realize they have been working against each other all along. Both think they are orphans, and in the course of the novel, their intertwined history is exposed, along with the conspiracy to wed Maud to Gentleman-who is anything but-to steal away her fortune. Sucksby the other is an aristocratic lady, secretary to her debauched uncle. One is a young “fingersmith”-slang for a thief-lovingly protected from the worst of her world by Mrs. ![]() Set in the 1860s, Fingersmith is narrated alternately by Sue Smith (also known as Sue Trinder) and Maud Lilly. A thrilling tale of thievery, betrayal, and mistaken identity, Fingersmith, by Welsh author Sarah Waters, tells the story of two women from two very different stations of life whose fates are inextricably linked. ![]()
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