Book Cover The Crimson Petal and the White

The Crimson Petal and the White

of Michel Faber

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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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Fiction Historical Fiction Fiction Historical Victorian Romance British Literature Adult Literary Fiction 19th Century Novels

Main Characters

Sugar William Rackham Agnes Rackham Henry Rackham Sophie Rackham Emmeline Fox Caroline (The Crimson Petal and the White)

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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