Crimson Petal and the White

Name: Crimson Petal and the White
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ISBN: 9780156028776

ISBN-10: 0156028778

ISBN-13: 9780156028776

Edition: 2002

Authors: Michel Faber

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Meet Sugar, a nineteen-year-old prostitute in nineteenth-century London who yearns for escape to a better life. From the brothel of the terrifying Mrs. Castaway, she begins her ascent through society, meeting a host of lovable, maddening, unforgettable characters on the way. They begin with William Rackham, an egotistical perfume magnate whose empire is fueled by his lust for Sugar; his unhinged, child-like wife Agnes; his mysteriously hidden-away daughter, Sophie; and his pious brother Henry, foiled in his devotional calling by a persistently less-than-chaste love for the Widow Fox. All this is overseen by assorted preening socialites, drunken journalists, untrustworthy servants, vile…

Book details

List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 9/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 928
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 1.66" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English

Michel Faber was born in The Hague, Netherlands on April 13, 1960. He was educated at the University of Melbourne. His books include The Crimson Petal and the White, The Fahrenheit Twins, Under the Skin, The Apple, and The Book of Strange New Things. He is also the author of two novellas, The Hundred and Ninety-Nine Steps and The Courage Consort. He won several short-story awards, including the Neil Gunn, Ian St James and Macallan. He made The New York Times Best Seller List with his title The Book of Strange New Things.




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