The Butcher's Hook

Download or Read eBook The Butcher's Hook PDF written by Janet Ellis and published by House of Anansi. This book was released on 2016-03-05 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Butcher's Hook
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Publisher : House of Anansi
Total Pages : 278
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ISBN-10 : 9781487001001
ISBN-13 : 1487001002
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Book Synopsis The Butcher's Hook by : Janet Ellis

Book excerpt: Anne Jaccob is coming of age in late eighteenth-century London, the daughter of a wealthy merchant. When she is taken advantage of by her tutor — a great friend of her father’s — and is set up to marry a squeamish snob named Simeon Onions, she begins to realize just how powerless she is in Victorian society. Anne is watchful, cunning, and bored. Her saviour appears in the form of Fub, the butcher’s boy. Their romance is both a great spur and an excitement. Anne knows she is doomed to a loveless marriage to Onions and she is determined to escape with Fub and be his mistress. But will Fub ultimately be her salvation or damnation? And how far will she go to get what she wants? Dark and sweeping, The Butcher’s Hook is a richly textured debut featuring one of the most memorable characters in fiction.


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