Slammerkin
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New York : Harcourt, 2001.
ISBN
9780151006724, 0151006725
Physical Desc
336 pages ; 24 cm
Status
Adult Fiction (3rd floor)
F DONOGHU, E
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Published
New York : Harcourt, 2001.
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9780151006724, 0151006725

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Fiction Catalog, 2010.
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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.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Donoghue, E. (2001). Slammerkin . Harcourt.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Donoghue, Emma, 1969-. 2001. Slammerkin. Harcourt.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Donoghue, Emma, 1969-. Slammerkin Harcourt, 2001.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Donoghue, Emma. Slammerkin Harcourt, 2001.

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