Solange du lügst

Solange du lügst

Softcover
4.040
Viktorianisches ZeitalterGaunerHerrenhausIdentität

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England im 19. Jahrhundert: Susan Trinder wächst im Waisenhaus der zwielichtigen Mrs. Sucksby auf. Gemeinsam mit dem aalglatten Richard Rivers, genannt »Gentleman«, plant sie einen großen Coup: Als Zofe will sie sich in das Vertrauen der jungen Erbin Maud Lilly einschleichen, um alsbald die Weichen für deren Heirat mit Gentleman zu stellen. Kurz nach der Eheschließung soll Maud dann ins Irrenhaus abgeschoben werden, um an ihr Vermögen zu kommen. Zunächst verläuft alles nach Plan. Selbst die zärtlich-leidenschaftlichen Gefühle, die Susan schon bald für Maud entwickelt, können sie nicht beirren. Doch plötzlich nehmen die Ereignisse eine atemberaubende Wendung. Zu spät erkennt Susan, dass sie in ein gefährliches Intrigenspiel geraten ist, in dem es nun um Liebe und Tod geht …

Book Information

Main Genre
Novels
Sub Genre
N/A
Format
Softcover
Pages
736
Price
20.50 €

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Fingersmith reminded me a lot of the works of Charles Dickens (especially Oliver Twist which is also mentioned in the book) and Wilkie Collins (especially The Woman in White). The setting and the whole atmosphere were described very lively and were the perfect background for the story. I really enjoyed reading Fingersmith. There were just some minor things which made me only rate it four stars: During the whole story I never knew whether I should fell with Susan or with Maud or with both of them or with none of them. Their motives were all very logic but somehow I never could fully associate with them. I also wasn't touched or moved by their love story. My final problem was with Maud's work. I found the whole thing very odd, especially her uncle's behaviour. It's obvious that the author wanted to show the hypocracy of the Victorian time with this. But to me it seemed that the story would still have been very good - maybe even better - without this part. It often seemed to be a bit farfetched.

can't believe i'm saying this but i'm giving up on this (for now). i seriously LOVED the first part. really enjoyed the second part. and then... i don't know. i blame it on my attention span & on me already knowing the plot from the movie but right now this book doesn't feel right

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The scenes were so described with so much detail that it made the book too long for what it is about.

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