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April 17, 2019

The first time I read Sarah Waters’ novel Fingersmith, I was struck by its beautiful prose. The novel’s adaptation The Handmaiden (2016) achieves something similar with its lush aesthetic. Its beautiful, calm shots hide a thick plot of layered manipulation. The Handmaiden transports the plot of Fingersmith from Victorian England to Korea in the 1930s…

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