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The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber

The Crimson Petal and the White

Michel Faber

922 pages first pub 2002 (editions) user-added

fiction historical challenging dark reflective slow-paced
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London, 1870s. At the heart of this panoramic narrative is a young woman’s struggle to lift her body and soul out of the gutter. Sugar, a nineteen-year-old whore in the brothel of the terrifying Mrs. Castaway, yearns for a better life. Her ascent ...

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