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The Crimson Petal and the White: A Novel

By Michel Faber

Yearning to escape her life of prostitution in 1870s London, Sugar finds her fate entangled in the complicated family life of patron William, an egotistical perfume magnate.

Release Date
2002
Length
856 pages
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
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Yearning to escape her life of prostitution in 1870s London, Sugar finds her fate entangled in the complicated family life of patron William, an egotistical perfume magnate.