Literary Fiction
Confessions of the Fox
2018·352 pages
A scholar finds a lost manuscript reimagining thief Jack Sheppard as a gender-defying outlaw in bawdy 18th-century London.
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A scholar finds a lost manuscript reimagining thief Jack Sheppard as a gender-defying outlaw in bawdy 18th-century London.
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Jack Sheppard and Edgeworth Bess were the most notorious thieves, jailbreakers, and lovers of eighteenth-century London. Yet no one knows the true story; their confessions have never been found. Until now. Reeling from heartbreak, a scholar named Dr. Voth discovers a long-lost manuscript—a gender-defying exposé of Jack and Bess’s adventures. Is Confessions of the Fox an authentic autobiography or a hoax? As Dr. Voth is drawn deeper into Jack and Bess’s tale of underworld resistance and gender tr...
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Frequent explicit sex; sex work; graphic sexual assault described
Violence & gore
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Graphic injury, blood, unlicensed surgery, execution, and murder
Profanity
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Strong language including anti-gay and racial slurs; bawdy dialogue
Substance use
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No evidence found in available sources
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Trans protagonists; gender identity and queer love are core focus
Religious content
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No evidence found in available sources
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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Central themes of policing, imprisonment, body autonomy, resistance
Self-harm / suicide
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Self-harm referenced; not a dominant or extended plot focus
Abuse & suffering
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Child abuse, graphic sexual assault, slavery, and parental abuse
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