Tipping The Velvet

Author: Sarah Waters

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  • : 27.99 AUD
  • : 9781844088195
  • : Little, Brown Book Group
  • : Virago Press Ltd
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  • : June 2012
  • : 198mm X 126mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 29.99
  • : June 2012
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  • : Virago Modern Classics
  • : Hardback
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Barcode 9781844088195
9781844088195

Description

'Piercing the shadows of the naked stage was a single shaft of rosy limelight, and in the centre of this was a girl: the most marvellous girl - I knew it at once! - that I had ever seen.' A saucy, sensuous and multi-layered historical romance set in the 'roaring' 1890s, Tipping the Velvet follows the glittering career of Nan King on her journey from Whitstable oyster-girl to music-hall star to cross-dressing rentboy to East End 'tom'.

Promotion info

An exhilarating modern classic, now available in a beautiful new hardback edition as part of the VMC set for adult and young adult readers.

Reviews

The collection has been expertly put together to remind the reader that while the way we describe things has changed, the feelings behind them certainly haven't. Bold, beautiful ... everyone's appetites will be satisfied. Elle magazine

Author description

Sarah Waters was born in Wales. She has won a Betty Trask Award and the Somerset Maugham Award, and her books have been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Orange Prize. Tipping the Velvet, Affinity, Fingersmith and The Night Watch have been adapted for television. Sarah Waters has been named Author of the Year four times: by the British Book Awards, the Booksellers' Association, Waterstone's Booksellers and the Stonewall Awards. She lives in London.