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Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Slammerkin about?

Born to rough cloth in working-class London in 1748, Mary Saunders hungers for linen and lace. Her lust for a shiny red ribbon leads her to a life of prostitution at a young age, where she encounters a freedom unknown to virtuous young women. But a dangerous misstep sends her fleeing to Monmouth and the refuge of the middle-class household of Mrs. Jones, to become the seamstress her mother always expected her to be and to live the ordinary life of an ordinary girl. Although Mary becomes a close confidante of Mrs. Jones, her desire for a better life leads her back to prostitution. She remains true only to the three rules she learned on the streets of London: Never give up your liberty; Clothes make the woman; Clothes are the greatest lie ever told. In the end, it is clothes, their splendor and their deception, that lead Mary to disaster.

Who reads Slammerkin?

Author

Emma Donoghue

Publisher

Harvest Books

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780547443294

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, History

Rating

3.69 / 5 (11,415 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13