835 pages
English language
Published Sept. 28, 2003 by Canongate, Canongate Books Ltd.
835 pages
English language
Published Sept. 28, 2003 by Canongate, Canongate Books Ltd.
The Crimson Petal and the White is a 2002 novel by Michel Faber set in Victorian England. The title is from an 1847 poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson entitled "Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal", the opening line of which is "Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white."