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The Journal of Dora Damage by Starling, Belinda
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- Condition
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- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9781596913363
- Book Title
- Journal of Dora Damage : a Novel
- Item Length
- 8.1in
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.4in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Family Life, Historical
- Item Width
- 6.3in
- Item Weight
- 23.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 464 Pages
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In the tradition of Sarah Waters, a rich, sweeping historical novel set in Victorian London, about a bookbinder's wife who, to save her family, must take over her husband's business. London, 1860: On the brink of destitution, Dora Damage illicitly takes over her ailing husband's bookbinding business, only to find herself lured into binding expensive volumes of pornography commissioned by aristocratic roués. Dora's charm and indefatigable spirit carry her through this rude awakening as she contends with violent debt collectors, an epileptic daughter, evil doctors, a rheumatic husband, errant workmen, nosy neighbors, and a constant stream of wealthy dilettantes. When she suddenly finds herself forced to offer an internship to a mysterious, fugitive American slave, Dora realizes she has been pulled into in an illegal trade of sex, money, and deceit. The Journal of Dora Damage whips up a vision of London when it was the largest city in the world, grappling with the filth produced by a swollen population. Against a backdrop of power and politics, work and idleness, conservatism and abolitionism, Belinda Starling explores the restrictions of gender, class and race, the ties of family and love, and the price of freedom in this wholly engrossing debut novel.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
1596913363
ISBN-13
9781596913363
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57005014
Product Key Features
Book Title
Journal of Dora Damage : a Novel
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Family Life, Historical
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
464 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.1in
Item Height
1.4in
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
23.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pr6119.T43b56 2007
Reviews
"a richly atmospheric story that is fresh, complex and credible...an accomplished work"-Los Angeles Times "the atmosphere is almost tactile and the plot builds to a perfect crescendo of melodrama"-Portsmouth Herald "this historical melodrama artfully evokes the contradictions inherent in Victorian society"-Booklist "The Journal of Dora Damage is the vivid, stylish, witty story of a woman who refuses to accept her powerlessness. A 'lady-bookbinder,' primarily of pornography, the novel's heroine educates us in the deviance of mid-nineteenth century England: miscegenation, sexual aberration, and the exploitation, sexual and otherwise, of children. Starling illuminates the period, diving beneath the surface of things with vertiginous introspection and consummate poise."-Susanna Moore, author of The Big Girls and In the Cut, "a richly atmospheric story that is fresh, complex and credible...an accomplished work" - Los Angeles Times "the atmosphere is almost tactile and the plot builds to a perfect crescendo of melodrama" - Portsmouth Herald "this historical melodrama artfully evokes the contradictions inherent in Victorian society" - Booklist " The Journal of Dora Damage is the vivid, stylish, witty story of a woman who refuses to accept her powerlessness. A 'lady-bookbinder,' primarily of pornography, the novel's heroine educates us in the deviance of mid-nineteenth century England: miscegenation, sexual aberration, and the exploitation, sexual and otherwise, of children. Starling illuminates the period, diving beneath the surface of things with vertiginous introspection and consummate poise." -Susanna Moore, author of The Big Girls and In the Cut, "this historical melodrama artfully evokes the contradictions inherent in Victorian society"--Booklist "The Journal of Dora Damageis the vivid, stylish, witty story of a woman who refuses to accept her powerlessness. A 'lady-bookbinder,' primarily of pornography, the novel's heroine educates us in the deviance of mid-nineteenth century England: miscegenation, sexual aberration, and the exploitation, sexual and otherwise, of children. Starling illuminates the period, diving beneath the surface of things with vertiginous introspection and consummate poise."-Susanna Moore, author ofThe Big GirlsandIn the Cut, "The Journal of Dora Damageis the vivid, stylish, witty story of a woman who refuses to accept her powerlessness. A 'lady-bookbinder,' primarily of pornography, the novel's heroine educates us in the deviance of mid-nineteenth century England: miscegenation, sexual aberration, and the exploitation, sexual and otherwise, of children. Starling illuminates the period, diving beneath the surface of things with vertiginous introspection and consummate poise."-Susanna Moore, author ofThe Big GirlsandIn the Cut, The Journal of Dora Damage is the vivid, stylish, witty story of a woman who refuses to accept her powerlessness. A 'lady-bookbinder,' primarily of pornography, the novel's heroine educates us in the deviance of mid-nineteenth century England: miscegenation, sexual aberration, and the exploitation, sexual and otherwise, of children. Starling illuminates the period, diving beneath the surface of things with vertiginous introspection and consummate poise., "this historical melodrama artfully evokes the contradictions inherent in Victorian society"--"Booklist" ""The Journal of Dora Damage" is the vivid, stylish, witty story of a woman who refuses to accept her powerlessness. A 'lady-bookbinder, ' primarily of pornography, the novel's heroine educates us in the deviance of mid-nineteenth century England: miscegenation, sexual aberration, and the exploitation, sexual and otherwise, of children. Starling illuminates the period, diving beneath the surface of things with vertiginous introspection and consummate poise."--Susanna Moore, author of "The Big Girls" and "In the Cut", "a richly atmospheric story that is fresh, complex and credible...an accomplished work" -- Los Angeles Times "the atmosphere is almost tactile and the plot builds to a perfect crescendo of melodrama" -- Portsmouth Herald "this historical melodrama artfully evokes the contradictions inherent in Victorian society" -- Booklist " The Journal of Dora Damage is the vivid, stylish, witty story of a woman who refuses to accept her powerlessness. A 'lady-bookbinder,' primarily of pornography, the novel's heroine educates us in the deviance of mid-nineteenth century England: miscegenation, sexual aberration, and the exploitation, sexual and otherwise, of children. Starling illuminates the period, diving beneath the surface of things with vertiginous introspection and consummate poise." -- Susanna Moore, author of The Big Girls and In the Cut, "a richly atmospheric story that is fresh, complex and credible...an accomplished work"-Los Angeles Times"the atmosphere is almost tactile and the plot builds to a perfect crescendo of melodrama"-Portsmouth Herald"this historical melodrama artfully evokes the contradictions inherent in Victorian society"-Booklist "The Journal of Dora Damageis the vivid, stylish, witty story of a woman who refuses to accept her powerlessness. A 'lady-bookbinder,' primarily of pornography, the novel's heroine educates us in the deviance of mid-nineteenth century England: miscegenation, sexual aberration, and the exploitation, sexual and otherwise, of children. Starling illuminates the period, diving beneath the surface of things with vertiginous introspection and consummate poise."-Susanna Moore, author ofThe Big GirlsandIn the Cut, ""The Journal of Dora Damage" is the vivid, stylish, witty story of a woman who refuses to accept her powerlessness. A 'lady-bookbinder, ' primarily of pornography, the novel's heroine educates us in the deviance of mid-nineteenth century England: miscegenation, sexual aberration, and the exploitation, sexual and otherwise, of children. Starling illuminates the period, diving beneath the surface of things with vertiginous introspection and consummate poise."--Susanna Moore, author of "The Big Girls" and "In the Cut", " "The Journal of Dora Damage" is the vivid, stylish, witty story of a woman who refuses to accept her powerlessness. A ' lady-bookbinder, ' primarily of pornography, the novel' s heroine educates us in the deviance of mid-nineteenth century England: miscegenation, sexual aberration, and the exploitation, sexual and otherwise, of children. Starling illuminates the period, diving beneath the surface of things with vertiginous introspection and consummate poise." -- Susanna Moore, author of "The Big Girls" and "In the Cut"
Copyright Date
2007
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2006-032544
Dewey Decimal
823.92
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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