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Slammerkin is a quick, bawdy read. Often cited as a book about a prostitute in 18th century England, it's a bit more: an all too common tale of how class and gender conspire to thwart a bright, ambitious female life. Written by an Irish historian with a gift for witty prose, I enjoyed how it transported me to 18th century London and then a household in a small town on the English-Welsh border. I sympathized with the title character although her ambition for "fine clothes" made her life a train wreck about to happen...
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