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The Crimson Petal and the White is a 2002 novel by Michel Faber set in Victorian England. The title is from an 1847 poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson entitled "Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal", the opening line of which is "Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white."
The Crimson Petal and the White: With Romola Garai, Chris O'Dowd, Amanda Hale, Shirley Henderson. Set in 1870s London, a young prostitute finds potential power and status after becoming the mistress of a powerful patriarch.
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Apr 10, 2002 · The Crimson Petal and the White. Michel Faber. 3.88. 43,701 ratings3,593 reviews. Sugar, 19, prostitute in Victorian London, yearns for a better life. From brutal brothel-keeper Mrs Castaway, she ascends in society. Affections of self-involved perfume magnate William Rackham soon smells like love.
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The Crimson Petal and the White is a 2011 four part television serial, adapted from Michel Faber 's 2002 novel The Crimson Petal and the White. Starring Romola Garai as Sugar and Chris O'Dowd as William Rackham, the drama aired in the UK during April 2011 on BBC Two.
Jun 29, 2014 · Author Carmen Maria Machado picked up The Crimson Petal and the White, a book about a prostitute in 19th-century London, because it looked illicit. It taught her about faith, sexuality and...
Sep 1, 2003 · A teenage prostitute ascends through the many layers of Victorian London society in this highly acclaimed “big, sexy, bravura a novel” (Janet Maslin, The New York Times). London, 1870s. At the heart of this panoramic narrative is a young woman’s struggle to lift her body and soul out of the gutter.
Sep 1, 2003 · The Crimson Petal and the White. : Michel Faber. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Sep 1, 2003 - Fiction - 922 pages. A teenage prostitute ascends through the many layers of Victorian London society in...
