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Bendy Book Club – Fingersmith by Sarah Waters @ Bar 74, Ryde, Isle of Wight

April 24, 2022 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Bendy Book Club will be meeting at Bar 74 in Ryde from 3pm to discuss Fingersmith by Sarah Waters.

Sue Trinder is an orphan, left as an infant in the care of Mrs. Sucksby, a “baby farmer,” who raised her with unusual tenderness, as if Sue were her own. Mrs. Sucksby’s household, with its fussy babies calmed with doses of gin, also hosts a transient family of petty thieves—fingersmiths—for whom this house in the heart of a mean London slum is home.

One day, the most beloved thief of all arrives—Gentleman, an elegant con man, who carries with him an enticing proposition for Sue: If she wins a position as the maid to Maud Lilly, a naïve gentlewoman, and aids Gentleman in her seduction, then they will all share in Maud’s vast inheritance. Once the inheritance is secured, Maud will be disposed of—passed off as mad, and made to live out the rest of her days in a lunatic asylum.

With dreams of paying back the kindness of her adopted family, Sue agrees to the plan. Once in, however, Sue begins to pity her helpless mark and care for Maud Lilly in unexpected ways…But no one and nothing is as it seems in this Dickensian novel of thrills and reversals.

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Date: Sunday 24 April
Time: 3 pm
Location: Bar 74, Ryde, Isle of Wight
Price: Free
April’s Book Selection: Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

Details

Date:
April 24, 2022
Time:
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Organizer

Caroline Diamond
Email:
outonanisland@stonecrabs.co.uk

Venue

Bar 74
74 Union Street
Ryde, Isle of Wight PO33 2LN United Kingdom
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Phone:
01983 564497
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