View entire discussion 7 comments more posts from the booksuggestions community. In sunderland, england, a city quarantined by the cholera epidemic of 1831, a defiant, fifteenteenyear old beauty in an elegant blue dress makes her way between shadow and lamp light. If it available for your country it will shown as book reader and user fully subscribe will benefit by. It is about a girl, gustine who is a prostitute and a doctor who needs bodies to teach his students. Here is a list of books i would like to read updated. Jan 02, 2001 but in a world where suspicion of medicine runs rampant like a fever, these two lost souls will become irrevocably linked, as each crosses lines between rich and destitute, decorum and abandon, damnation and salvation. Jan 01, 2000 if clive barker ever writes a historical novel, hell be hard pressed to invent horrors more lurid than the rotting corpses and dangling viscera that grace, so to speak, this lurid and fascinating second novel from holman a stolen tongue, 1997. The dress lodger by sheri holman atlantic monthly press. The more money she makes, the higher her own status. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book.
Feb 10, 2019 the dress lodger is a grim and unsavoury dickens. All about the book the dress lodger bibliographic data, summary, search for links to download an ebook in pdf, epub or read online. Every now and then a book comes along and socks you in the jaw. A tale of crime and survival in nineteenthcentury england as unsettling as it is brilliant the washington post book world. Each night, gustine wears a stunning blue gown to attract men. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the the dress lodger, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. In a novel set in london during the industrial revolution, a prostitute borrows a blue dress to attract a higher class of clientele and is shadowed through the streets by an evil old woman hired. The dress lodger the dress lodger audiobook, by sheri holman. As with all the best fictional history, sheri holmans atmospheric, miasmic tale of cholerastruck sunderland in 1831 is based on fact. Goodreads members who liked the dress lodger also liked. If you like slammerkin you might like similar books frog music, the little stranger, the handmaids tale, margaret atwood, the dress lodger, alias grace.
The characters are well drawn, if occasionally stereotypical. Teenaged gustine the dress lodger, a prostitute whose master garbs her in finery in order to attract the lust of wellpaying gentry, is the focal point of this highenergy melodrama, set in the english riverside city of sunderland in 1831a year when a plague of cholera morbus decimates the populace. She is as eloquent about the physical landscape of her stories as she is about the internal terrain of. If clive barker ever writes a historical novel, hell be hard pressed to invent horrors more lurid than the rotting corpses and dangling viscera that grace, so to speak, this lurid and fascinating second novel from holman a stolen tongue, 1997. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the dress lodger. Book recommendations for people who like the dress lodger by sheri holman. It begins with a fourth wall technique speaking to the character just written, and continues throughout to use uniquely creative techniques. Teenaged gustine the dress lodger, a prostitute whose master garbs her in finery in order to attract the lust of wellpaying gentry. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. If clive barker ever writes a historical novel, hell be hard pressed to invent horrors more lurid than the rotting corpses and dangling viscera that grace, so to speak, this lurid and fascinating. Reading it is like biting into a rich, dark chocolate. May, 2010 enter the dress lodger gustine, a young woman who parades the night streets in a fancy dress to attract male patrons in order to pay for wretched lodgings. Annette kobak is the author of isabelle, a biography of the 19thcentury traveler isabelle eberhardt. She, like most of the other pathetic poor workers who people the novel, is merely a pawn whose life is shaped by others.
Holmans previous novelsamong them the bestselling dress lodger, a spellbinding account of a prostitute in england during the cholera epidemic of 1831are distinguished by splendid writing, and her gifts are dramatically evident here. She, like most of the other pathetic poor workers who people the novel, is. Details of the dress lodger exact title of the book the dress lodger book author sheri holman book edition paperback number of pages 291 pages language english published january 2nd 2001 by ballantine books file size in pdf 1164 kb. But in a world where suspicion of medicine runs rampant like a fever, these two lost souls will become irrevocably linked, as each crosses lines between rich and destitute, decorum and abandon, damnation and salvation. About best ebook download library our mission is to help people find and download e books they love. The writing is very descriptive, bordering on purple prose. A potters assistant by day and dress lodger by night, gustine sells herself for necessity in a rented gown, scrimping to feed. A new york times notable book from the author of a stolen tongue. The dress lodger by sheri holman reading for sanity. In sunderland, england, a city quarantined by the cholera epidemic of 1831, a defiant fifteenyearold beauty in an elegant blue dress makes her way between shadow and lamplight. According to the story, dress lodging is defined as a poor prostitute being loaned a fancy dress to attract a wealthier clientele. This weeks book is the dress lodger, by sheri holman it takes place in 1831 in sunderland, england during a cholera quarantine. The dress lodger takes place in 1831 in sunderland, an industrializing seaport on the northeast coast of england, as cholera gains its first foothold in the kingdom. Enter the dress lodger gustine, a young woman who parades the night streets in a fancy dress to attract male patrons in order to pay for wretched lodgings.
In sunderland, england, a city quarantined by the cholera epidemic of 1831, a defiant, fifteenyear old beauty in an elegant blue dress makes her way between shadow and lamp light. In the dress lodger, sheri holman brings to new realms the ambition and gusto she exhibited so dazzlingly in her debut novel, a stolen tongue. If you liked the dress lodger by sheri holman, here are some books like this. Gustine has a baby with a rare condition, and she wants the doctor to help save her babys life. How do you, as a reader, react when the narrator addresses you directly. Hes exactly like michener, but a touch more readable. The dress lodger, which has sold over 300,000 copies nationally and was named a new york times notable book and one of the new york public librarys books to remember. The dress lodger by sheri holman might be unsettling at first, especially for readers who arent used to being directly addressed by the narrators. May 01, 2010 the dress lodger, a cunning historical thriller charged with a distinctly modern voice, is the book that launched sheri holman into bestsellerdom. However, if you stick with the story, which is set right in the middle of a cholera outbreak in sunderland, england circa 1830s, you will be well rewarded.
The writing is sumptuous, conjuring up the period with a wry, unerringly incisive view. The subject matter is undeniably grim, but holmans. Sunday, you may play cards or walk out on the town moor or, if you are feeling guilty about something, wash your. Kristin lavransdatter is one of my favorite books and i love sarah waters.
An underfed, 15yearold illiterate street urchin and the mother of a 4monthold infant, gustine has spent her last two years in sunderland, england, as a dress lodger a prostitute who rents a beautiful dress to attract a better class of clientele. The dress lodger, a cunning historical thriller charged with a distinctly modern voice, is the book that launched sheri holman into bestsellerdom. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Teenaged gustine the dress lodger, a prostitute whose master garbs her in finery in order to attract the lust of well. Holman is free from the fetters of victorian propriety, thrusting us into the dismal life of a 15 year old prostitute named gustine, complete with the quesy aspects of her evenings work. This is a certain kind of prostitute that wears a dress that a lady of nobility might wear in order to attract a higher. The dress lodger is an even better book than holmans first, with prose thats more limber and vivid and with, appropriately enough, more heart. I just finished the kingsbridge trilogy and loved it. All that is known of this womancalled eyeball or evil eye or gray sister by boys who have read their homer, but mostly called just plain eyeis that she still lives at 9 mill street as she has since before the building was erected, and as she probably will long after it collapses around her. Sheri holman in a novel set in london during the industrial revolution, a prostitute borrows a blue dress to attract a higher class of client and is shadowed through the streets by an evil old woman hired by the. By turns tender and horrifying, the dress lodger is a captivating historical thriller charged with a distinctly modern voice. Does the voice remind you of other books you may have read.
I liked the er russia, paris, dublin and nyc books especially. Find books like the dress lodger from the worlds largest community of readers. In sunderland, england, a city quarantined by the cholera epidemic of 1831, a defiant, fifteenyearold beauty in an elegant blue dress. By day a potters assistant, by night a courtesan of the streets, gustine works to support her fragile only child. Sheri holman is the author of a stolen tongue, which was translated into thirteen languages. In sinister industrial england, fifteenyearold gustine is a dress lodger, a prostitute who rents a beautiful blue dress from her landlord to attract a higher class of clientele. The dress lodger by sheri holman book club discussion. Shop for books at and browse categories like young adult books, childrens books, mystery books, adult coloring books and cook books. Jennifer davis mcdaid, richmond times dispatch with shades of caleb carr, holman digs us up an atmosphere and character while shes unwinding her merciless plotshould anyone really trust a surgeon with no heart. Describe the voice of the narrator in the dress lodger. But it also radiates the light of a mothers love, powerful but shining with difficulty through all of the murk. Books by sheri holman authors like sheri holman what. If she flirts with melodrama, it is only in the way that wuthering heights does, or the novels of dickens.
Historical fiction literature, modern teenage girls surgeons social life and customs manners and customs unmarried mothers teenage prostitution physicians body snatching prostitutes single mothers englandsunderland tyne and wear. She is already one of my favorite characters in popular fiction. The dress lodger the dress lodger, a cunning historical thriller charged with a distinctly modern voice, is the book that launched sheri holman into bestsellerdom. In sunderland, england, a city quarantined by the cholera epidemic of 1831, a defiant, fifteenyearold beauty in an elegant blue dress sells her body to feed her only love. A potters assistant by day and dress lodger by night, gustine sells herself for necessity in a rented gown, scrimping to feed and protect her only love. The dress lodger is a dark novel about poverty and disease, good and evil. The dress lodger, a prostitutes passion for her vulnerable baby and the disgraced doctor who might save him, is engrossing historical fiction.