The Crimson Petal and the White
of Michel Faber
Description
Sugar, 19, prostitute in Victorian London, yearns for a better life. From brutal brothel-keeper Mrs Castaway, she ascends in society. Affections of self-involved perfume magnate William Rackham soon smells like love. Her social rise attracts preening socialites, drunken journalists, untrustworthy servants, vile guttersnipes, and whores of all kinds.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 835 pages
- Publisher Canongate Books
- Publication Date September 11th 2003
- First Publication 10/28/02
- Language English
- ISBN 9781841954318
- Edition Not informed
- Category Other
- Scenario ['London, England', 'England']
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