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The Dress Lodger
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Narrated by:
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Nadia May
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Written by:
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Sheri Holman
About this listen
Surgeon Henry Chiver is a prisoner of his own past. Implicated in the Burke and Hare killings in Edinburgh, in which beggars were murdered so the corpses could be sold to medical schools, he has come to Sunderland to start a new life. He has a loving fiance, an influential uncle, and an anatomy school that is chronically short of teaching cadavers.
Doctor and dress lodger come together in the filthy, overgrown East End of Sunderland. Here, during the worst epidemic since the bubonic plague, Gustine secures bodies for the doctor's school, until Henry's greed and his growing obsession with her child challenge her loyalty to him. With cholera bearing down on the city, Gustine must turn to her mortal enemy, the Eye, in her battle for the life and afterlife of her child.
©2000 Sheri Holman (P)2000 Blackstone AudiobooksWhat the critics say
"Narrator Nadia May is at her best as she narrates this bizarre story with appropriate irony and even humor....A stunning experience." (AudioFile)
"With remarkable breadth and depth, the narrative vividly portrays the human suffering spawned by the early Industrial Revolution....This dazzlingly researched epic is an uncommon read." (Publishers Weekly)
"Holman's vivid writing, rife with historical social commentary, renders Sunderland's residents and their sometimes macabre interactions disturbingly real." (Booklist)
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- Mila
- 2024-01-05
Read it for school
I enjoyed the book, but it feels like there was a lot of filler and too many characters. The book feels like a draft, and unfinished. I did not care for the plot line surrounding the “Pa” character. But other than that, it is quite good book. Just needs a little fixing, and editing.
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