Slashed beauties
"A gothic feminist body horror in two timelines revolving around three Anatomical Venuses-ultrarealistic wax figures of women-that come to life at night to murder men who have wronged them . . . Seoul, present day. Antiques dealer Alys's task is nearly complete. She has at last secured Elizabeth, th...
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Slashed beauties / |c A. Rushby. |
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| 300 | |a 372 pages ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 520 | |a "A gothic feminist body horror in two timelines revolving around three Anatomical Venuses-ultrarealistic wax figures of women-that come to life at night to murder men who have wronged them . . . Seoul, present day. Antiques dealer Alys's task is nearly complete. She has at last secured Elizabeth, the third and final Anatomical Venus. Crafted in eighteenth-century London and modeled after real-life sex workers to entice male medical students, these eerie wax figures, known as slashed beauties, carry unsavory lore. Legend has it that the figures are bewitched, and come to life at night to murder men who have wronged them. Now Alys embarks for England, where she knows what she must do: sever her cursed connection to the Venuses once and for all. London, 1763. Abandoned and penniless in Covent Garden, wide-eyed Eleanor and another young woman, Emily, are taken under the wing of beautiful and beguiling Elizabeth, one of the city's most highly desired courtesans among the rich and powerful. But as Eleanor is seduced deeper into a web of money, materialism, and men, it seems that Elizabeth may not be the savior she appears to be. As the timelines begin to intersect, it becomes clear that the women's stories are linked in deeper, darker ways than it initially seems. And that the only method for Alys to end the witchcraft that binds her legacy is to gather all three models in one place and destroy them. However, these haunted, murderous dolls might not be ready to burn"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Antique dealers |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Wax figures |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Blessing and cursing |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Prostitutes |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Murder |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Artists' models |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Revenge |v Fiction. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a London (England) |x Social life and customs |y 18th century |v Fiction. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Seoul (Korea) |v Fiction. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Body horror fiction. |2 lcgft | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Gothic fiction. |2 lcgft | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Historical fiction. |2 lcgft | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Horror fiction. |2 lcgft | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Online version: |a Rushby, Allison. |t Slashed beauties |d New York : Berkley, 2025 |z 9780593954652 |w (DLC) 2025000978 |
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