born To Rough Cloth In Working-class London In 1748, Mary Saunders Hungers For Linen And Lace. Her Lust For A Shiny Red Ribbon Leads Her To A Life Of Prostitution At A Young Age, Where She Encounters A Freedom Unknown To Virtuous Young Women. But A Dangerous Misstep Sends Her Fleeing To Monmouth And The Refuge Of The Middle-class Household Of Mrs. Jones, To Become The Seamstress Her Mother Always Expected Her To Be And To Live The Ordinary Life Of An Ordinary Girl. Although Mary Becomes A Close Confidante Of Mrs. Jones, Her Desire For A Better Life Leads Her Back To Prostitution. She Remains True Only To The Three Rules She Learned On The Streets Of London: Never Give Up Your Liberty; Clothes Make The Woman; Clothes Are The Greatest Lie Ever Told. In The End, It Is Clothes, Their Splendor And Their Deception, That Lead Mary To Disaster.
emma Donoghue's Daring, Sensually Charged Prose Casts A New Sheen On The Squalor And Glamour Of Eighteenth-century England. Accurate, Masterfully Written, And Infused With Themes That Still Bedevil Us Today, slammerkin Is Historical Fiction For All Readers.
times Literary Supplement
donoghue Has Produced An Absorbing, Moving, And Intelligent Work Of Fiction . . . An Exhilarating Dialogue With The Literature Of The Period And An Imaginative Attempt To Capture The Climate Of Change In The 1760s.
Categories:
- Literature & Fiction
- Genre Fiction
Publisher : Harper Perennial
Author : Donoghue, Emma
Language : English
Edition : Reprint
Published :2009-05-26
Number Of Pages : 448
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 1554684706
ISBN-13 : 9781554684700
Item weight : 0.7 lb
Dimensions : 1.3 in x 5.4 in x 8 in
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