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SLAMMERKIN
by DONOGHUE Emma
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A few bumps to boards, probably in production process, and light shelfwear marks to edge of paper block, but otherwise VG, with
- ISBN 10
- 1860498280
- ISBN 13
- 9781860498282
- Seller
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About This Item
London,, 2000. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.. A few bumps to boards, probably in production process, and light shelfwear marks to edge of paper block, but otherwise VG, with lettering bright on spine and contents unmarked. Good DJ is bumped at top and bottom with small water stains to inside spine of dust jacket (see photos). . Small 8vo. Pp: 422. ISBN: 1860498280. Red cloth boards with gold gilt lettering on spine and publisher's illustrated dust jacket.
Synopsis
Slammerkin : A loose gown; a loose woman. Born to rough cloth in Hogarth's London, but longing for silk, Mary Saunders's eye for a shiny red ribbon leads her to prostitution at a young age. A dangerous misstep sends her fleeing to Monmouth, and the position of household seamstress, the ordinary life of an ordinary girl with no expectations. But Mary has known freedom, and having never known love, it is freedom that motivates her. Mary asks herself if the prostitute who hires out her body is more or less free than the "honest woman" locked into marriage, or the servant who runs a household not her own? And is either as free as a man? Ultimately, Mary remains true only to the three rules she learned on the streets: Never give up your liberty. Clothes make the woman. Clothes are the greatest lie ever told.
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- Bookseller
- Any Amount of Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- C64195
- Title
- SLAMMERKIN
- Author
- DONOGHUE Emma
- Book Condition
- Used - A few bumps to boards, probably in production process, and light shelfwear marks to edge of paper block, but otherwise VG, with
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1860498280
- ISBN 13
- 9781860498282
- Publisher
- Virago Pr
- Place of Publication
- London,
- Date Published
- 2000
- Pages
- 422
- Keywords
- WomenFiction
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- Jacket
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- Shelfwear
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- VG
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Cloth
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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