The Crimson Petal and the White

by Michel Faber

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Edinburgh, UK: Canongate. Good. 2002. Not applicable. See notes. White wraps. Production fault results in the first twenty pages being a quarter of an inch shorter than the rest of the book, without any loss to text. Some soiling to page edges and a couple of spots where the backmost part of the back cover has been torn away, leaving the overall shape intact and again without any loss to the blurb. A «New York Times» Notable Book of the Year. A gripping, multi-layered novel of Victorian London. "Gorgeous....Colossal, kaleidoscopic...Capable of rendering the muck of a London street amid the delicate humming-bird flights of thought with equal ease." «Time» ~~~ Author(s): Michel Faber; Binding material: Paper; Binding state: Original binding; Class: Uncorrected proof; Condition: Good; Edition: Not applicable; Jacket condition: Not applicable; Language: English; Pages: 898; Publication year: 2002; Size: Octavo. .

Book summary

The panoramic novel takes place in the 1870s, and focuses on a writer named William Rackham who is married to the sickly, depressed Agnes but is so enamored of a prostitute named Sugar that he hires her as governess for his daughter. Around these characters, the tumult of Victorian London is revealed as the story spirals into a tale of ambition, love, and revenge. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002.

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