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Slammerkin - paperback, Emma Donoghue, 0156007479
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Artist
- Donoghue, Emma
- ISBN
- 0156007479
- Book Title
- Slammerkin
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publication Year
- 2002
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Features
- Reprint
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Lgbt / Gay, Coming of Age, Historical
- Item Weight
- 12.8 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.3 in
- Number of Pages
- 432 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0156007479
ISBN-13
9780156007474
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2162379
Product Key Features
Book Title
Slammerkin
Number of Pages
432 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2002
Topic
Lgbt / Gay, Coming of Age, Historical
Features
Reprint
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
12.8 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
00-049867
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
'What a great read this book is: Think Forever Amber skewed with an elegant noir twist and informed by a high literary intelligence. ... This absorbing, bawdy novel gives new meaning to the term costume drama. By all means, try it on for size.' -- Washington Post 'Emma Donoghue's heady, colorful romp of a novel [is] almost impossible to resist.' -- New York Times Book Review 'Absorbing, moving and intelligent... her writing is suffused with sensuality and sharp emotion.' -- Times Literary Supplement 'A rock-solid novel of class conflict and desire.' -- Now 'Donoghue has made of an 'obscure and brutal story' a compelling novel, her best to date, and a brilliant historical variant on the 'girl about town' novels that currently fill the bookshops.' -- Financial Times, PRAISE FOR SLAMMERKIN "Superb . . . A novel of real force, filled with unforgettable sights . . . A profoundly entertaining and intelligent book."-- Elle "[A] colorful romp of a novel . . . Impossible to resist. Donoghue paints a spirited picture. . . . Fabulous."-- The New York Times Book Review "Intelligent and mesmerizing."-- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "This book rocks from the title on. A spectacular job."-- USA Today "What a great read this book is! Donoghue is a real writer, and she's elevated her racy story close to art."-- The Washington Post Book World "[A] transporting read."-- Mademoiselle, PRAISE FOR SLAMMERKIN "Superb . . . A novel of real force, filled with unforgettable sights . . . A profoundly entertaining and intelligent book."--Elle "[A] colorful romp of a novel . . . Impossible to resist. Donoghue paints a spirited picture. . . . Fabulous."--The New York Times Book Review "Intelligent and mesmerizing."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) "This book rocks from the title on. A spectacular job."--USA Today "What a great read this book is! Donoghue is a real writer, and she's elevated her racy story close to art."--The Washington Post Book World "[A] transporting read."--Mademoiselle, PRAISE FORSLAMMERKIN "Superb . . . A novel of real force, filled with unforgettable sights . . . A profoundly entertaining and intelligent book."--Elle "[A] colorful romp of a novel . . . Impossible to resist. Donoghue paints a spirited picture. . . . Fabulous."--The New York Times Book Review "Intelligent and mesmerizing."--Publishers Weekly(starred review) "This book rocks from the title on. A spectacular job."--USA Today "What a great read this book is! Donoghue is a real writer, and she's elevated her racy story close to art."--The Washington Post Book World "[A] transporting read."--Mademoiselle, PRAISE FOR SLAMMERKIN "Superb . . . A novel of real force, filled with unforgettable sights . . . A profoundly entertaining and intelligent book."--Elle "[A] colorful romp of a novel . . . Impossible to resist. Donoghue paints a spirited picture. . . . Fabulous."--The New York Times Book Review "Intelligent and mesmerizing."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) "This book rocks from the title on. A spectacular job."--USA Today "What a great read this book is! Donoghue is a real writer, and she's elevated her racy story close to art."--The Washington Post Book World "[A] transporting read."--Mademoiselle --
Dewey Decimal
823/.914
Edition Description
Reprint
Synopsis
Slammerkin A loose gown; a loose woman. Born to rough cloth in Hogarth's London, but longing for silk, Mary Saunders's eye for a shiny red ribbon leads her to prostitution at a young age. A dangerous misstep sends her fleeing to Monmouth, and the position of household seamstress, the ordinary life of an ordinary girl with no expectations. But Mary has known freedom, and having never known love, it is freedom that motivates her. Mary asks herself if the prostitute who hires out her body is more or less free than the "honest woman" locked into marriage, or the servant who runs a household not her own? And is either as free as a man? Ultimately, Mary remains true only to the three rules she learned on the streets: Never give up your liberty. Clothes make the woman. Clothes are the greatest lie ever told., From Emma Donoghue, the national bestselling author of Room, Slammerkin is "[a] colorful romp of a novel" (The New York Times Book Review) following one woman's journey of self-discovery and survival at the dawn of the industrial revolution in eighteenth century England. Slammerkin: A loose gown; a loose woman. Born to rough cloth in Hogarth's London, but longing for silk, Mary Saunders's eye for a shiny red ribbon leads her to prostitution at a young age. A dangerous misstep sends her fleeing to Monmouth, and the position of household seamstress, the ordinary life of an ordinary girl with no expectations. But Mary has known freedom, and having never known love, it is freedom that motivates her. Mary asks herself if the prostitute who hires out her body is more or less free than the "honest woman" locked into marriage, or the servant who runs a household not her own? And is either as free as a man? Ultimately, Mary remains true only to the three rules she learned on the streets: Never give up your liberty. Clothes make the woman. Clothes are the greatest lie ever told., Slammerkin is a "colorful romp of a novel" (The New York Times Book Review) from Emma Donoghue, the national bestselling author of Room., From Emma Donoghue, the national bestselling author of Room, Slammerkin is "[a] colorful romp of a novel" ( The New York Times Book Review ) following one woman's journey of self-discovery and survival at the dawn of the industrial revolution in eighteenth century England. Slammerkin: A loose gown; a loose woman. Born to rough cloth in Hogarth's London, but longing for silk, Mary Saunders's eye for a shiny red ribbon leads her to prostitution at a young age. A dangerous misstep sends her fleeing to Monmouth, and the position of household seamstress, the ordinary life of an ordinary girl with no expectations. But Mary has known freedom, and having never known love, it is freedom that motivates her. Mary asks herself if the prostitute who hires out her body is more or less free than the "honest woman" locked into marriage, or the servant who runs a household not her own? And is either as free as a man? Ultimately, Mary remains true only to the three rules she learned on the streets: Never give up your liberty. Clothes make the woman. Clothes are the greatest lie ever told.
LC Classification Number
PR6054.O547 S58 2001
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