Tipping the Velvet

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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 Waters’s first novel is a delightful reimagining of late-Victorian life, as we follow the adventures of Nan King. Nan starts off working as an oyster girl in the quaint seaside town of Whitstable. However, everything changes for her when she falls head over heels for a cross-dressing music-hall singer named Miss Kitty Butler.

As Kitty’s career takes off, Nan decides to accompany her to London as her dresser and secret lover. Before long, Nan finds herself joining the act by wearing trousers herself. But this is just the beginning of Nan’s thrilling journey, filled with heartbreak, healing, and some steamy moments of self-discovery. Ultimately, Nan discovers true friendship and love in the most unexpected places.