Phenomenal, wondrous
Non-believers, pagan
Ogle, stare
Competition between two people
Salutation, paying homage
Sound of raindrops
A city in Mali
Natural, nude and plain style
Magical spell word
Body snatcher
The
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Sarah Baartman is the main character.
Mother Showman serves as one of the novel's antagonists. He is a manipulative, side-show owner, who takes advantage of his workers' afflictions. He considers the workers his property.
Baron Docteur is also...
Sarah (Venus) suffers from Steatopygia, which means that she has curves that defy nature and that also defy the rest of her body. She quickly becomes extremely popular in the sideshow, as Europeans travel to see her genitalia and voluptuous...
Sarah contracts gonorrhea from the Baron Docteur, who is furious, and arranges for her to be jailed for the rest of her life. She dies soon, in her jail cell.
