{"product_id":"the-crimson-petal-and-the-white-paperback","title":"The Crimson Petal and the White - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichel Faber\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA teenage prostitute ascends through the many layers of Victorian London society in this highly acclaimed \"big, sexy, bravura novel\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eLondon, 1870s. At the heart of this panoramic narrative is a young woman's struggle to lift her body and soul out of the gutter. Sugar, a nineteen-year-old whore in the brothel of the terrifying Mrs. Castaway, yearns for a better life. Her ascent through the strata of Victorian society begins with the egotistical perfume magnate William Rackham. Infatuated with Sugar, William's patronage brings her into the circles of his family and milieu: his wife who barely overcomes chronic hysteria to make her appearances during \"the Season\"; his mysteriously hidden-away daughter, left to the care of minions; his pious brother, foiled in his devotional calling by his lust for the Widow Fox; as well as preening socialites, drunken journalists, untrustworthy servants, vile guttersnipes, and whores of all stripes and persuasions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTwenty years in its conception, research, and writing, \u003cem\u003eThe Crimson Petal and the White\u003c\/em\u003e is teeming with life, rich in texture and incident, with breathtakingly real characters. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Cocky and brilliant, amused and angry, [Faber] is rightfully earning comparisons to observer extraordinaire Charles Dickens. . . . It's hopeless to resist\" (\u003cem\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA New York Times Notable Book \u003cbr\u003eMeet Sugar, a nineteen-year-old prostitute in Victorian London who yearns for escape to a better life. From the brothel of the terrifying Mrs. Castaway, she begins her ascent through society. Beginning with William Rackham, a perfume magnate whose lust for Sugar soon begins to smell like love, she meets a host of lovable, maddening, unforgettable characters as her social rise is overseen by assorted preening socialites, drunken journalists, untrustworthy servants, vile guttersnipes, and whores of all kinds. \u003cbr\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by: People, Entertainment Weekly, and The Chicago Tribune. \u003cbr\u003e\"Gorgeous.... Colossal, kaleidoscopic... Capable of rendering the muck of a London street amid the delicate humming-bird flights of thought with equal ease.\" -Time \u003cbr\u003e\"Ambitious and accomplished...nothing could have prepared readers for the sweep and subtlety of The Crimson Petal and the White.\"--The New York Times Book Review \u003cbr\u003e\"Tell[s] a good story grippingly and colorfully.... An old-fashioned page-turner with pleasingly newfangled twists.\" --The Washington Post Book World \u003cbr\u003eMichel Faber's work has been published in twenty countries and received several literary awards. He lives in Scotland.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 928\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.7 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753816457504,"sku":"9780156028776","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/548ad8cb3aa5c409aab2500afb16649a.webp?v=1780027844","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-crimson-petal-and-the-white-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}