![]() ![]() Alcott paints a vivid picture of hopes and dreams for those aboard the ship, keeping readers at bay and uneasy. But this all seems trivial once the ship is rocked by an iceberg.Īnd so the ship splits in two, surrounded by screams and endless darkness. Lucile sees Tess as a seamstress with potential, and she offers her a place in her world.ĭespite Tess’s desperation to become a designer herself, Lucile is cold and makes her wonder if she can be trusted. She does Lucile’s bidding, steaming her dresses and fetching her tea. ![]() Lucile needs a maid, and Tess jumps to the opportunity. So to the Titanic she goes, with or without a ticket.Īs the massive ship is boarded, Tess finds Lady Lucile Duff Gordon, a famous designer who is getting ready for her first New York show. The answer to Tess’s dreams is the Titanic. Staring out the window of her mistress’ house, Tess dreams of leaving and starting over in America. Each story ends the same: The unsinkable ship plummets to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.īut Kate Alcott, the pen name for journalist Patricia O’Brien, brings a fresh angle in her novel “The Dressmaker.” She begins by introducing Tess, an English servant and seamstress. The sinking of the Titanic is one of the blackest marks caused by human error, and it’s a story that’s been retold countless times. ![]() " THE DRESSMAKER ," by Kate Alcott, Doubleday, $25.95, 320 pages (f) ![]()
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