The Hachette Essentials series comprises a collection of titles that are regarded as modern classics. A carefully and lovingly curated selection of distinctive, ground-breaking fiction and non-fiction titles published since 1950. Timeless. Relevant. Passionate. Unified as a series - distinctive as books. A good book is great. A great book is essential. Shortlisted for the Orange Prize and the Booker Prize London 1862. Sue Trinder, orphaned at birth, grows up among petty thieves - fingersmiths - under the rough but loving care of Mrs Sucksby and her 'family'. But from the moment she draws breath, Sue's fate is linked to that of another orphan growing up in a gloomy mansion not too many miles away.
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Specifications
Book Details
Imprint
Virago Press Ltd
Publication Year
2019
Dimensions
Width
38 mm
Height
198 mm
Length
126 mm
Weight
380 gr
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It's a pity that Waters' books aren't that well known in India. Fingersmith, like Affinity, is absolutely brilliant. The writing is so beautifully vivid, it actually spiritually transports you to Victorian England. There's nothing like historical fiction to familiarize readers with history.
There are plot twists that will leave you astounded, and the story itself is haunting. I don't care if it's a little unbelievable, because that's what this whole genre is for. The characters are dark, co...