The Cost of Sugar (1987)

by Cynthia McLeod

Other authors: See the other authors section.

Members	Reviews	Popularity	Average rating	Mentions
149	9	186,122	(3.23)	15
Fiction. Historical Fiction. The Cost of Sugar is an intriguing history of those rabid times in Dutch Surinam between 1765-1779 when sugar was king. Told through the eyes of two Jewish step sisters, Eliza and Sarith, descendants of the settlers of 'New Jerusalem of the River' know today as Jodensvanne. The Cost of Sugar is a frank expose of the tragic toll on the lives of colonists and slaves alike.… (more)

all members

▾Members

Recently added by

mimbza, sheeshh, Markober, wendy.verbiest, zip00, NaomiGeug, egb22, PietVermeer54

▾Tags

▾LibraryThing Recommendations

▾Member recommendations

00
The Dutch Slave Trade by P.C. Emmer (mercure)

▾Lists

Read the book and saw the movie (781)

Books Read in 2023 (3,189)

▾Will you like it?

▾Conversations (About links)

No current Talk conversations about this book.

» See also 15 mentions

▾Member reviews

Dutch (5) English (4) All languages (9)

date ▼ | votes

Showing 4 of 4

Mooi verhaal.
Ik heb me wel erg geërgerd aan de verwaandheid van Sarith. Wat een verwend nest. Ze denkt aan niemand anders dan zichzelf. (

)

wendy.verbiest | Nov 25, 2023 |

Pretty good historical novel set in 18th century Suriname. It can get a little soap opera-ish at times, but it's really interesting when it's looking at the human cost of the coffee and sugar that we take for granted. (

)

amanda4242 | Jan 28, 2020 |

Niet uitgelezen. Geen fijne schrijfstijl waardoor ik niet in het verhaal kwam. (

)

EsmeeW | May 13, 2019 |

http://boekenwijs.blogspot.com/2008/01/hoe-duur-was-de-suiker.html (

)

boekenwijs | Jan 5, 2008 |

date ▼ | votes

Showing 4 of 4

▾Published reviews

no reviews | add a review

▾Other authors

» Add other authors (1 possible)

Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Cynthia McLeod	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Mettam, Gerald R.	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

▾Series and work relationships

▾Awards and Honors

Notable Lists

Reading the world in 196 books (Suriname)

Reading women worldwide (Suriname)

view history

▾Common Knowledge

You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.

For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.

Canonical title

The Cost of Sugar

Original title

Hoe duur was de suiker?

Alternative titles

Information from the Dutch Common Knowledge. Edit to localize it to your language.

Hoe duur was de suiker? : Surinaamse historische roman

Hoe duur was de suiker? : een historische roman

Original publication date

People/Characters

Important places

Important events

Related movies

Hoe Duur was de Suiker (2013 | IMDb)

Epigraph

Dedication

First words

Dawn is breaking on the Hébron Plantation, and while the eastern sky is blushing at the caress of the rising sun, the doors of the slave huts begin to open one by one, and small fires can be seen under their lean-to shelters.

Quotations

Last words

(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)

Disambiguation notice

Publisher's editors

Blurbers

Original language

Dutch

Canonical DDC/MDS

Canonical LCC

▾References

References to this work on external resources.

Wikipedia in English (1)

Cynthia McLeod

▾Book descriptions

Fiction. Historical Fiction. The Cost of Sugar is an intriguing history of those rabid times in Dutch Surinam between 1765-1779 when sugar was king. Told through the eyes of two Jewish step sisters, Eliza and Sarith, descendants of the settlers of 'New Jerusalem of the River' know today as Jodensvanne. The Cost of Sugar is a frank expose of the tragic toll on the lives of colonists and slaves alike.

▾Library descriptions

No library descriptions found.

▾LibraryThing members' description

Book description

Haiku summary