A small detail that is extremely easy to be overlooked

Cameron 2022-11-30 00:03:24

When Maud used a tactic to escape Rand Street, she stopped a carriage first, and the people in the carriage were very gentle and asked her to get in the car and then acted on her again. Maud had to get out of the car and walked to the bleeding foot and found the bookseller who was dealing with his uncle. At this time, we all thought that Maud could be saved, but because he was worried that Maud's reputation would ruin him, he resolutely refused to take Maud. Even though Maud's talent helps his work. At this time, what he was writing on his desk was also a "yellow book".

Uncles, booksellers, people on the passing carriages, and even the "medical batons" of the lunatic asylum, the representatives of the British upper class, all showed hypocrisy, polite, and wretched sides. But society suppresses women in all aspects at the same time. Homosexuality here is not only a gender choice, but also a rebellion against the patriarchal society.

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Fingersmith quotes

  • Maud Lilly: Please don't touch me, stifle me, smother me... pretend to love me.

    Mrs. Sucksby: Pretend?

  • Richard 'Gentleman' Rivers: [to Maud] You think life is hard with money? You should try it without!