Slammerkin

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. A dangerous misstepn sends her fleeing to Monmouth and the refuge of the middle-class household of Mrs. Jones, her mother's childhood friend. There she becomes the seamstess her mother always expected her to be and lives the ordinary life of an ordinary girl.
Although Mary becomes a ... >Voir plus