The Crimson Petal and the White
Michel Faber
838 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0965456919
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Language: English
Publish: 1009872000000
19th CenturyAdultBritish LiteratureFictionHistoricalHistorical FictionLiterary FictionNovelsRomanceVictorian
Sugar, 19, prostitute in Victorian London, yearns for a better life. From brutal brothel-keeper Mrs Castaway, she ascends in society. Affections of self-involved perfume magnate William Rackham soon smells like love. Her social rise attracts preening socialites, drunken journalists, untrustworthy servants, vile guttersnipes, and whores of all kinds.