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Tipping the Velvet

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Victorian odyssey of love, identity, and resilience.

"Tipping The Velvet" is a journey through the desires and hardships of Nancy, a character who is unapologetically herself in a time when that was unconventional. Waters's novel takes you back to England in the 1800s, offering a rich, provocative narrative that delves deep into themes of love and self-discovery. The story promises transformation and a feast of emotions, with every page vividly painting a society's fringes through Nancy's eyes. If you're looking for a historical dive that shatters norms and champions the exploration of one's true self, then you'll find this tale both titillating and profoundly moving.

  • Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction (2000)
  • Betty Trask Award (1999)
  • The Publishing Triangle Award Nominee for Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBTQ Fiction (2000)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Tipping the Velvet

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ISBN: 9781860495243
Authors: Sarah Waters
Publisher: Virago
Date of Publication: 1999-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Romance, Historical Fiction
Related Topics: Historical Romance
Goodreads rating: 4.04
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This delicious, steamy debut novel chronicles the adventures of Nan King, who begins life as an oyster girl in the provincial seaside town of Whitstable and whose fortunes are forever changed when she falls in love with a cross-dressing music-hall singer named Miss Kitty Butler. When Kitty is called up to London for an engagement on "Grease Paint Avenue", Nan follows as her dresser and secret lover, and, soon after, dons trousers herself and joins the act. In time, Kitty breaks her heart, and Nan assumes the guise of butch roue to commence her own thrilling and varied sexual education - a sort of Moll Flanders in drag - finally finding friendship and true love in the most unexpected places.
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Victorian odyssey of love, identity, and resilience.

"Tipping The Velvet" is a journey through the desires and hardships of Nancy, a character who is unapologetically herself in a time when that was unconventional. Waters's novel takes you back to England in the 1800s, offering a rich, provocative narrative that delves deep into themes of love and self-discovery. The story promises transformation and a feast of emotions, with every page vividly painting a society's fringes through Nancy's eyes. If you're looking for a historical dive that shatters norms and champions the exploration of one's true self, then you'll find this tale both titillating and profoundly moving.

  • Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction (2000)
  • Betty Trask Award (1999)
  • The Publishing Triangle Award Nominee for Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBTQ Fiction (2000)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.