Donoghue, Emma  (, 1969-) <br/><br/>
Slammerkin  : a novel 
/ Emma Donoghue 
 - Orlando, FL  : Harcourt, Inc.  , 2000 
 - 336 p.  ; 23 cm. 
<br/><br/> Born to rough cloth in working-class London in 1748, Mary Saunders hungers for linen and lace. Her lust for a shiny red ribbon leads her to a life of prostitution at a young age, where she encounters a freedom unknown to virtuous young women. But a dangerous misstep sends her fleeing to Monmouth and the refuge of the middle-class household of Mrs. Jones, to become the seamstress her mother always expected her to be and to live the ordinary life of an ordinary girl. Although Mary becomes a close confidante of Mrs. Jones, her desire for a better life leads her back to prostitution. She remains true only to the three rules she learned on the streets of London: Never give up your liberty; Clothes make the woman; Clothes are the greatest lie ever told. In the end, it is clothes, their splendor and their deception, that lead Mary to disaster. Emma Donoghue's daring, sensually charged prose casts a new sheen on the squalor and glamour of eighteenth-century England. Accurate, masterfully written, and infused with themes that still bedevil us today, Slammerkin is historical fiction for all readers. 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780965019743 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Saunders, Mary (, 1764) ----Fiction
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women----Fiction<br/>Women murderers----Fiction<br/>Murder----Fiction
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Great Britain---History---George III, 1760 - 1820----Fiction<br/>London (England)---History---18th century----Fiction<br/>Monmouth (Wales)----Fiction
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Biographical fiction<br/>Historical fiction
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR6054.O547  / S58 2000 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>FIC DON