The Resource Slammerkin, Emma Donoghue
Slammerkin, Emma Donoghue
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- Summary
- Mary Saunders, the young daughter of a poor seamstress, is lured into prostitution at age thirteen. Forced to flee from debt and a hired killer, Mary ends up in Monmouth, her mother's home town, where she tries to start a new life as a maid. Set in London and Monmouth and loosely based on a murder that took place in 1763
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Slammerkin
- Title
- Slammerkin
- Statement of responsibility
- Emma Donoghue
- Subject
-
- London (England) -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueLondon, England -- History -- 18th century
- Monmouth (Wales) -- Fiction
- trueMonmouth, Wales
- Murder -- Fiction
- Saunders, Mary, -1764 -- Fiction
- trueSaunders, Mary, died 1764
- trueTeenage prostitutes
- Women -- England -- Fiction
- trueWomen murderers
- Women murderers -- Fiction
- trueYoung women
- true18th century -- 1701 -- 1800
- trueBiographical fiction
- Biographical fiction
- trueCanadian fiction
- trueClothing
- trueGeorgian era (1714-1837) -- 1714 -- 1837
- trueGreat Britain -- History -- George III, 1760-1820
- Great Britain -- History -- George III, 1760-1820 -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Mary Saunders, the young daughter of a poor seamstress, is lured into prostitution at age thirteen. Forced to flee from debt and a hired killer, Mary ends up in Monmouth, her mother's home town, where she tries to start a new life as a maid. Set in London and Monmouth and loosely based on a murder that took place in 1763
- Summary
- Born to poverty in eighteenth-century London, Mary Saunders' love of fine clothes and a dream of a better life take her from the world of prostitution to life as a household seamstress in Monmouth to a search for true freedom
- Award
- New York Times Notable Book, 2001
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 064431
- Cataloging source
- ZHX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1969-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Donoghue, Emma
- Dewey number
- 823/.914
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Saunders, Mary
- Great Britain
- London (England)
- Women
- Monmouth (Wales)
- Women murderers
- Murder
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Slammerkin, Emma Donoghue
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 4460915
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- 336 pages
- Isbn
- 9780151006724
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn190927251
- (OCoLC)190927251
- Label
- Slammerkin, Emma Donoghue
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 4460915
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- 336 pages
- Isbn
- 9780151006724
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn190927251
- (OCoLC)190927251
Subject
- London (England) -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueLondon, England -- History -- 18th century
- Monmouth (Wales) -- Fiction
- trueMonmouth, Wales
- Murder -- Fiction
- Saunders, Mary, -1764 -- Fiction
- trueSaunders, Mary, died 1764
- trueTeenage prostitutes
- Women -- England -- Fiction
- trueWomen murderers
- Women murderers -- Fiction
- trueYoung women
- true18th century -- 1701 -- 1800
- trueBiographical fiction
- Biographical fiction
- trueCanadian fiction
- trueClothing
- trueGeorgian era (1714-1837) -- 1714 -- 1837
- trueGreat Britain -- History -- George III, 1760-1820
- Great Britain -- History -- George III, 1760-1820 -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
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