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"Susan Trinder grew up an orphan, cared for by a gang of thieves. When she is seventeen, one thief, a mysterious figure known only as Gentleman confronts her with an elaborate plot. He plans to marrry the wealthy and naive Maud Lilly, get her money and commit her to a mental hospital. If Susan poses as Maud's maid she may get half of Gentleman's profits. Susan agrees, and takes the job as a maid. But Maud and Susan grow close and an erotic relationship develops between the two. When the time comes to put the plan into action, Susan discovers that Maud is not nearly as naive as she once believed. Furtherfore, Maud may be as villinous as Gentleman himself. Eventually it is Susan who is commited to an insane asylum while Gentleman holds Maud prisoner. Yet while Maud lives in Gentleman's clutches, she learns that the relationship between her and Susan goes deeper than she ever thought, and that they are pawn in a plot greater than either of them could have possible imagined."
fran laniado, Resident Scholar
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"Sue Trinder is an orphan living in 19th century London. She is being brought up by Mrs. Sucksby, a rough but kind and hard-working woman whose 'family' consists of other orphans and a bunch of petty thieves or 'fingersmiths'. Sue is getting pretty used to this kind of life when one day an acquantaince of the family, whom they call 'Gentleman', comes to her with a proposal to become a servant to a young woman who will inherit a lot of money when she marries. Gentleman wants to marry her, get the money, then 'dump' her in true Dickensian style. But he needs Sue's help. Sue agrees, not knowing the whole story, but interested in the money Gentleman promises her.
Well, she finds in Maud more than a rich gentlewoman, and their relationship is intriguing. The deception and secrets lead to a worse fate for Sue herself. Spunky and street-wise, she escapes from the asylum she was thrown into.
And she finds that her life is much more intertwined with Maud's than she would ever have imagined. Sue, Maud and Gentleman eventually end up altogether at Mrs. Sucksby's, where Gentleman is killed - by one of them. "
Tena van't Foort, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- upbeat
Time/era of story
- 19th century
Romance/Romance Problems
Yes
Crime & Police story
Yes
Story of
- blackmail/seduction
Kind of sex:
- lesbians!!!!
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Taboo sex story?
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Age:
- a teen
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 2 ()
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
City?
Yes
City:
- London
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Person
- rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
- lesbians!
Weird Victorian/Shakespearean English?
Yes
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
- No single main character?
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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