![]() 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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