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Fingersmith

2002 novel by Sarah Waters
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Summary

Fingersmith is a literary work[1]. Fingersmith ranks in the top 2% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,406 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Sarah Waters[3]
  • Award received: Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction[4]
  • Publisher: Virago Press[5]
  • Genre: Gothic novel[6], LGBT literature[7], historical fiction[8], crime fiction[9]
  • Language of work or name: English[10]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[11]
  • Publication date: February 4, 2002[12]
  • Has edition or translation: Q141037262[13], Q141539586[14]
  • Main subject: orphan[15], pickpocketing[16], fraud[17]
  • Nominated for: Booker Prize[18]
  • Title: Fingersmith[19]
  • Derivative work: Fingersmith[20], The Handmaiden[21]
  • Form of creative work: novel[22]

Why It Matters

Fingersmith has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Fingersmith is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

FAQs

What awards did Fingersmith receive?

Honors received include Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction[4].

Related Entities

literary work Sarah Waters The Handmaiden United Kingdom

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  10. [12] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . thebookerprizes.com. thebookerprizes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 11d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'sv', 'tr', 'uk']
    Derivative work → Fingersmith, Fingersmith, The Handmaiden
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  3. 20d ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has edition or translation → Q141037262, Q141539586
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  4. 23w ago · Xezbeth · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +2002-02-04T00:00:00Z
    Country of origin → —
    Country of origin → United Kingdom
    Language of work or name → English
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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