Tipping The Velvet: Virago 50th Anniversary Edition by Sarah Waters (English) Pa

Description: Tipping The Velvet by Sarah Waters Part of Viragos Five Gold Reads: five reissues of significant titles representing fifty years of feminist publishing. Representing the 1990s, Sarah Waterss wonderfully lush, sensuous and bawdy debut novel set in the music halls of the late 19th century FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Intelligent, witty and stylish INDEPEDENTEveryones appetites will be satisfied ELLE MAGAZINEWaters is an author to cherish GUARDIANCelebrating five decades of the feminist publisher, each of the Five Gold Reads represents an iconic moment in Viragos history, from the 1970s to today.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 . . . Sarah Waterss debut, a delicious reimagining of late-Victorian life, chronicles the adventures of Nan King, who begins life as an oyster girl in the provincial seaside town of Whitstable. Her fortunes are forever changed when she falls in love with a cross-dressing music-hall singer named Miss Kitty Butler.When Kittys career takes a glittering turn, Nan accompanies her to London as her dresser and secret lover, and, soon after after, dons trousers herself to join the act. But this is only beginning of Nans adventures, in a novel that follows her through heartbreak, recovery and steamy sexual education, and sees her finally finding friendship and true love in the most unexpected places.Its a rare pleasure to discover a writer as assured as Waters SUNDAY TIMESA first-class storyteller EVENING STANDARDSarah Waters, quite simply, is one of our greatest writers SUNDAY EXPRESSWaters persistent picking apart of class is fascinating OBSERVER Author Biography Sarah Waters, who was born in Wales, has been described as one of the best storytellers alive today (Matt Thorne, Independent), and there can be no doubt that readers and critics alike have been gripped by her extraordinary imagination. Sarah Waters first novel, Tipping the Velvet, won a Betty Trask Award, and was shortlisted for the Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. Her next novel, Affinity, won the Somerset Maugham Award and the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award while Fingersmith and The Night Watch were both shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Orange Prize. The former also won the CWA Ellis Peters Dagger Award for Historical Crime Fiction and the South Bank Show Award for Literature. The Little Stranger was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2009 and The Paying Guests was shortlisted for the Baileys Prize in 2015. Tipping the Velvet, Affinity, Fingersmith and The Night Watch have all been adapted for television, The Little Stranger was adapted as a film by Lenny Abrahamson, and Fingersmith inspired Park Chan-wooks film, The Handmaiden. Sarah Waters has been named Author of the Year five times: by the British Book Awards, The Booksellers Association, Waterstones Booksellers, Glamour Magazine Awards and the Stonewall Awards. In 2019 she was awarded an OBE for services to literature. Review Intelligent, witty and stylish, the novel re-imagines a lost lesbian history through vivid sensual detail, evocative period slang (the title is a sexual euphemism) and a satisfyingly complex plot * Independent *Waters is an extremely confident writer, combining precise, sensuous descriptions with irony and wit. This is a lively, gutsy, highly readable debut * Observer *An unstoppable read, a sexy and picaresque romp through the lesbian and queer demi-monde of the roaring Nineties. Imagine Jeanette Winterson on a good day collaborating with Judith Butler to pen a Sapphic Moll Flanders. Its gorgeous * Independent on Sunday *This could be the most important debut of its kind since that of Jeanette Winterson * Daily Telegraph *An extremely confident writer, combining precise, sensuous descriptions with irony and wit in a skilled, multi-layered pastiche of the lesbian historical romance -- Christina Patterson * Observer *Erotic and absorbing... Written with startling power * New York Times Book Review *Wonderful... a sensual experience that leaves the reader marveling at the authors craftsmanship, idiosyncrasy, and sheer effort * San Francisco Chronicle *Compelling... readers of all sexes and orientations should identify with this gutsy 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 * Seattle Times *Glorious... an exceptional debut * Boston Globe *Richly entertaining... Waterss debut offers terrific entertainment: swiftly paced, crammed with colorful depictions of 1890s London and vividly sketched Dickensian supporting characters, pulsating with highly charged (and explicitly presented) erotic heat * Kirkus *This lush tale fearlessly and feverishly exposes the political, social and sexual subversions of Victorian-era gender-benders: sapphists, libertines and passing women... Waters is a masterful storyteller... Nancys search for love and identity is a raucous, passionate adventure and a rare, thrilling read * Publishers Weekly * Long 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. 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 Kittys 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. Review Quote Intelligent, witty and stylish , the novel re-imagines a lost lesbian history through vivid sensual detail, evocative period slang (the title is a sexual euphemism) and a satisfyingly complex plot Promotional "Headline" Part of Viragos Five Gold Reads: five reissues of significant titles representing fifty years of feminist publishing. Representing the 1990s, Sarah Waterss wonderfully lush, sensuous and bawdy debut novel set in the music halls of the late 19th century Details ISBN0349017425 Author Sarah Waters Year 2023 ISBN-10 0349017425 ISBN-13 9780349017426 Format Paperback Publication Date 2023-06-15 UK Release Date 2023-06-15 Imprint Virago Press Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Language English Publisher Little, Brown Book Group Subtitle Virago 50th Anniversary Edition Pages 480 DEWEY 823.92 Audience General NZ Release Date 2023-06-12 AU Release Date 2023-06-12 Series Virago V S. 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