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- Sue Trinder, of the book "Fingersmith" by Sara Waters, is a thief from the slums of 19th-Century London. She was raised by a baby-farmer, who took her in as her own. She also enjoyed a stint as a lady's maid.
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Sue Trinder, an orphan raised in "a Fagin-like den of thieves" by her adoptive mother, Mrs Sucksby, is sent to help Richard "Gentleman" Rivers seduce a wealthy heiress. Posing as a maid, Sue is to gain the trust of the lady, Maud Lilly, and eventually persuade her to elope with Gentleman.
Susan Trinder. Sue Trinder narrates the first and third sections of the novel. In part one she introduces herself as an orphaned who is the fingersmith of the title - on its surface meaning, a petty thief. Connotation endows the word with a significantly different meaning, however, when Sue becomes maid to Maud Lilly.
Nov 15, 2022 · Sarah Waters’ Fingersmith, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2002, is the story of Sue Trinder, who poses as a lady’s maid to an orphan-heiress in Victorian England.
Susan Trinder. Susan, known as 'Sue', is the 'fingersmith' of the novel and narrates the first and third sections. When Gentleman employs Sue to convince Maud Lilly to marry him, both of the girls find themselves involved in an increasingly sinister chain of events.
Oct 1, 2002 · Sue Trinder is an orphan living a Dickensian-like life in 19th century London - her mother was hanged as a murderer when Sue was a baby, leaving Sue to be raised by Mrs. Sucksby in a "baby farm" in the slums of London.
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Set in the 1860s, Fingersmith is narrated alternately by Sue Smith (also known as Sue Trinder) and Maud Lilly. One is a young “fingersmith”—slang for a thief—lovingly protected from the worst of her world by Mrs. Sucksby; the other is an aristocratic lady, secretary to her debauched uncle.
Sue Trinder, of the book "Fingersmith" by Sara Waters, is a thief from the slums of 19th-Century London. She was raised by a baby-farmer, who took her in as her own. She also enjoyed a stint as a lady's maid.
