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* [[Christianity Is Catholic]]: Agnes holds this view. Averted, however, with Henry Rackham, Mrs Fox and the Rescue Society.
* [[Christianity Is Catholic]]: Agnes holds this view. Averted, however, with Henry Rackham, Mrs Fox and the Rescue Society.
* [[Compressed Adaptation]]: The BBC series is quite faithful to the spirit of the original while missing or summarising superflous events, and the only real differences are in the [[Two Lines, No Waiting|character arcs]] of Henry Rackham and Mrs Fox
* [[Compressed Adaptation]]: The BBC series is quite faithful to the spirit of the original while missing or summarising superflous events, and the only real differences are in the [[Two Lines, No Waiting|character arcs]] of Henry Rackham and Mrs Fox
* [[A Date With Rosie Palms]]: Henry has one and is really disgusted with himself about it.
* [[A Date with Rosie Palms]]: Henry has one and is really disgusted with himself about it.
* [[Decoy Protagonist]]: Caroline
* [[Decoy Protagonist]]: Caroline
* [[Deliberate Values Dissonance]]: A major element of the plot.
* [[Deliberate Values Dissonance]]: A major element of the plot.
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* [[Downer Ending]]: {{spoiler|A significant difference from the novel is that while all the events are the same, the novel ends ambiguously with the sense that everything will end badly, while the TV series ends ambiguously with the possibility of things turning out well.}}
* [[Downer Ending]]: {{spoiler|A significant difference from the novel is that while all the events are the same, the novel ends ambiguously with the sense that everything will end badly, while the TV series ends ambiguously with the possibility of things turning out well.}}
* [[Hair of Gold]]: Agnes. Lampshaded by the author when he points out this is part of what makes her the idealised High Victorian beauty.
* [[Hair of Gold]]: Agnes. Lampshaded by the author when he points out this is part of what makes her the idealised High Victorian beauty.
* [[Hooker With a Heart of Gold]]: Sugar's friend Caroline is the classic version of this. {{spoiler|Sugar herself is eventually revealed to be an example}}. Averted with Mrs Castaway.
* [[Hooker with a Heart of Gold]]: Sugar's friend Caroline is the classic version of this. {{spoiler|Sugar herself is eventually revealed to be an example}}. Averted with Mrs Castaway.
* [[Laughing Mad]]: Agnes, several times.
* [[Laughing Mad]]: Agnes, several times.
* [[Literary Allusion Title]]: From Tennyson's poem 'Now sleeps the crimson petal'. The two main characters are a redhead, and a blonde always clad in white.
* [[Literary Allusion Title]]: From Tennyson's poem 'Now sleeps the crimson petal'. The two main characters are a redhead, and a blonde always clad in white.
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