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Tipping the Velvet
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Tipping the Velvet Paperback - 2000

by Waters Sarah

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This stunning and steamy debut chronicles the adventures of Nan King, a small-town girl at the turn of the century whose life takes a wild turn when she follows a local music hall star to London. "Readers of all sexes and orientations should identify with this gutsy hero as she learns who she is and how to love."--"Newsday."

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New York: Penguin Books, 2000. Paperback. pp. 472. 8vo. Light shelfwear; very good+.
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  • Title Tipping the Velvet
  • Author Waters Sarah
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reissue
  • Pages 488
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Books, New York
  • Date 2000
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 092465
  • ISBN 9781573227889 / 1573227889
  • Weight 0.84 lbs (0.38 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.03 x 5.12 x 1.08 in (20.40 x 13.00 x 2.74 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: British
    • Sex & Gender: Lesbian
    • Topical: Coming of Age
    • Topical: Lgbt
  • Library of Congress subjects England - Social life and customs - 19th, Erotic fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98043836
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Summary

“Erotic and absorbing…Written with starling power.”—The New York Times Book Review
 
Nan King, an oyster girl, is captivated by the music hall phenomenon Kitty Butler, a male impersonator extraordinaire treading the boards in Canterbury. Through a friend at the box office, Nan manages to visit all her shows and finally meet her heroine. Soon after, she becomes Kitty's dresser and the two head for the bright lights of Leicester Square where they begin a glittering career as music-hall stars in an all-singing and dancing double act. At the same time, behind closed doors, they admit their attraction to each other and their affair begins.
 

From the publisher

Sarah Waters is the author of Tipping the Velvet, a New York Times Notable Book; Affinity, which won her the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award; Fingersmith and The Night Watch, both of which were shortlisted for both the Orange Prize and the Man Booker Prize; and The Little Stranger, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award and a New York Times Notable Book. She has also been named one of Granta's best young British novelists. She lives in London.  

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Have you ever tasted a Whitstable oyster?

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Media reviews

“Wonderful...a sensual experience that leaves the reader marveling at the author’s craftsmanship, idiosyncrasy, and sheer effort.”
—San Francisco Chronicle
 
“Compelling…Readers of all sexes and orientations should identify with this gusty hero as she learns who she is and how to love.”
—Newsday
 
“Delectable...written in roguishly lilting prose filled with the sights, sounds, and stenches of London street life.”
—The Seattle Times
 
“Erotic and absorbing…Written with starling power.”—
The New York Times Book Review
 
“Glorious…an exceptional debut.”
—The Boston Globe

Citations

  • New York Times, 06/11/2000, Page 36

About the author

Sarah Waters is the New York Times-bestselling author of The Paying Guests, The Little Stranger, The Night Watch, Fingersmith, Affinity, and Tipping the Velvet. She has three times been short-listed for the Man Booker Prize, has twice been a finalist for the Orange Prize, and was named one of Granta's best young British novelists, among other distinctions. Waters lives in London.

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