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Tipping the Velvet, all 472 pages of it, is as saucy, as tantalizing, and as touching as the narrator's first encounter with the seductive but shame-ridden Miss Kitty Butler. And at first even Nancy's family is thrilled with her gender-bending pal, all but her sister, best friend, and bedmate, Alice, "her eyes shining cold and dull, with starlight and suspicion." Not to worry. Soon Nancy and Kitty are off to London, their relationship close though (alas for our heroine) sisterly. We know that bliss will come, and it does, in an exceptionally charged moment. A lesser author would have been content to stop her story there, but Waters has much more in mind for her buttonholing heroine, and for us. In brief, her Everywoman with a sexual difference goes from success onstage to heartbreak to a stint as a male prostitute (necessity truly is the mother of invention) to keeping house for a brother and sister in the Labour movement. And did I mention her long stint as a plaything in the pleasure palace of a rich Sapphist extraordinaire? Diana Lethaby is as cruel as she is carnal, and even the well-concealed Cavendish Ladies' Club isn't outré enough for her. Kitting Nancy out in full, elegant drag, she dares the front desk to turn them away. "We are here," she mocks, "for the sake of the irregular."
Only after some seven years of hard twists and sensual turns does Nancy conclude that a life of sensation is not enough. Still, Tipping the Velvet is so entertaining that readers will wish her sentimental--and hedonistic--education had taken twice as long. --Kerry Fried --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From Publishers Weekly
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book,
By Clutzymonkey (calgary, alberta, canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Tipping the Velvet (Paperback)
I have seen the movie and that's what really has made me want to read the book, so far the book is exactly like the movie and very tastefully written
5.0 out of 5 stars
May Sarah Waters live long and write many books.,
By Lindsey Phalen "Media Junkie" (In or Around Vancouver, BC, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Tipping the Velvet (Paperback)
Every book by Sarah Waters is art. She just sucks you in, completely puts you into the time period about which she is writing and makes you forget about the dinner in the oven. Plus, she fills her books with dirty lesbian sex. Really, they couldn't be any better.\
Props to Ms Waters! (just in case she checks this page. she probably doesn't. If I had published books, I would check my own amazon page frequently, but I am vain like a parakeet.)
5.0 out of 5 stars
Takes me back to "Oliver!",
By E. Jean Alston "I only review items I would s... (Richardson, tx United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Tipping the Velvet : A Novel (Paperback)
This book was fascinating. I read the other reviews prior to buying the book. It wasn't what I was expecting, it was so much more.I am a big "Oliver" fan, so life in Victorian Era England holds a special interest to me. To read about the lesbian lifestyle of that era was amazing. The author brought the era and the lifestyle to life for me. I was surprised when I found myself feeling rather unsympathetic towards the main character (Nancy) mid-way through the book. I don't remember ever finishing a book in which I felt unsympathetic towards the main character. While I felt unsympathetic towards Nancy, I still cared for her. I found that very surprising. Yes, I cared very much for Nancy. This was a wonderful novel. I had to finish it in only two sittings. Then promptly went on-line to purchase Sarah Walters two other books. I was surprised by some reviews that felt disappointed with the book. However, based on their reviews, I believe they were looking for something that was not there. I didn't find the hot explicit sex scenes that were indicated. That's not to say there wasn't sex, but it was primarily a book about a character and her personal growth. It is not a hot/steamy novel. Just a very good, complex and complete novel.
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