Fingersmith appears in 12 book lists

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Fingersmith appears in 12 book lists on Shepherd.

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The best historical fiction books with mysteries at their core

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The best crime novels set in the nineteenth century

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The best books on women pushed to the edge

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The best books that transport you to another time and place

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The best Victorian books that describe the lives of the poor in London in the nineteenth century

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The best books that connect with the thinking, feeling past, at its human heart

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The best books with extraordinary London heroines

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The best books for shattering the image that first comes to mind upon hearing the word: “lesbian”

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The best books about wily, take-charge women

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The best books about orphans not written by Horatio Alger

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