![]() It’s a journey that ultimately brings Nancy out of other people’s shadows and into her own spotlight. For a while, the two live an idyllic life, until Kitty betrays Nancy, an act that sends Nancy into the seedy underworld of London, an elegant-but abusive-circle of elite London lesbians, the budding Socialist movement, poorhouses, and the streets. When Nancy sees Kitty Butler, male impersonator, perform, she falls and falls hard for her-and when Kitty invites Nancy to follow her to London as her personal dresser, Nancy doesn’t hesitate. Tipping the Velvet follows Nancy Astley, a oyster girl who lives in Whitstable and enjoys visiting music halls. (It’s probably because all three of her Victorian novels have been adapted for television or film.) Having loved Fingersmith, I picked up Tipping the Velvet, hopeful that the Gaiman Conundrum didn’t apply to Waters. In fact, Waters has made a name for herself writing about women in love in the Victorian era, although her latest two novels are set in the 1940s. Sarah Waters’ third novel, Fingersmith, is one of my favorite books-it’s a gloriously twisting piece of work and, as a lesbian Victorian novel, is quite, well, novel. ![]()
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