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The Crimson Petal and the White
by Faber, Michel
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Signed by Author. Stated First Edition, First Printing, with "A" in the "number" line present. SIGNED by the author under his name at title page, and with University Bookstore sticker to front cover advertising so. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, little worn and without blemish, now protected by Brodart. Born in Holland, raised in Australia, and now living in the Scottish Highlands, author also of several critically acclaimed novels including Under the Skin and The Book of Many Strange Things, this being Faber's breakthrough work and that was adapted into a four-part BBC turn, starring Gillian Anderson, Chris O'Dowd and the incomparable Romola Garai as "Sugar," a girl prostituted by her own mother in the latter's brothel and then who as a young woman goes freelance. Much mayhem ensues, and she has a skin condition. "Sugar" is also writing an epic novel about the seeming fact that all men are shits. It is a work of utter brilliance. 838 pp. including extensive notes and acknowledgments.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
Synopsis
At the heart of this panoramic, multidimensional narrative is the compelling struggle of a young woman to lift her body and soul out of the gutter. Faber leads us back to 1870s London, where Sugar, a nineteen-year-old whore in the brothel of the terrifying Mrs. Castaway, yearns for escape to a better life. Her ascent through the strata of Victorian society offers us intimacy with a host of lovable, maddening, unforgettable characters. They begin with William Rackham, an egotistical perfume magnate whose ambition is fueled by his lust for Sugar, and whose patronage brings her into proximity to his extended family and milieu: his unhinged, childlike wife, Agnes, who manages to overcome her chronic hysteria to make her appearances during “the Season”; his mysteriously hidden-away daughter, Sophie, left to the care of minions; his pious brother, Henry, foiled in his devotional calling by a persistently less-than-chaste love for the Widow Fox, whose efforts on behalf of The Rescue Society lead Henry into ever-more disturbing confrontations with flesh; all this overseen by assorted preening socialites, drunken journalists, untrustworthy servants, vile guttersnipes, and whores of all stripes and persuasions. Twenty years in its conception, research, and writing, The Crimson Petal and the White is teeming with life, rich in texture and incident, with characters breathtakingly real. In a class by itself, it's a big, juicy, must-read of a novel that will delight, enthrall, provoke, and entertain young and old, male and female.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 352444
- Title
- The Crimson Petal and the White
- Author
- Faber, Michel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Size
- 8vo 8" - 9" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Charles Dickens prostitution signed Michel Faber Victorian England perfumes perfumerie brothel Madwoman in the Attic
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