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020			_a9781573229722
082	1		_aFIC WAT _2
100	1		_aWaters, Sarah _d, 1966-
245	1	0	_aFingersmith _c/ Sarah Waters
260			_aNew York _b: Riverhead Books _c, c2002
300			_a582 p. _c; 21 cm
520			_aSue Trinder is an orphan, left as an infant in the care of Mrs. Sucksby, a "baby farmer," who raised her with unusual tenderness, as if Sue were her own. Mrs. Sucksbys household, with its fussy babies calmed with doses of gin, also hosts a transient family of petty thieves - fingersmiths - for whom this house in the heart of a mean London slum is home. One day, the most beloved thief of all arrives - Gentleman, an elegant con man, who carries with him an enticing proposition for Sue: If she wins a position as the maid to Maud Lilly, a naive gentlewoman, and aids Gentleman in her seduction, then they will all share in Mauds vast inheritance. Once the inheritance is secured, Maud will be disposed of - passed off as mad, and made to live out the rest of her days in a lunatic asylum. With dreams of paying back the kindness of her adopted family, Sue agrees to the plan. Once in, however, Sue begins to pity her helpless mark and care for Maud Lilly in unexpected ways...But no one and nothing is as it seems in this Dickensian novel of thrills and reversals.
546			_aEnglish
650		4	_aOrphans _v--Juvenile fiction
651		4	_aLondon (England) _v--Fiction
655		4	_aHistorical fiction
942			_cMO
999			_c241489 _d241489