Edition details
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters. Six full-page colour illustrations (two double-page spreads) and line drawings on the reverse of each spread by Kristin Kwan. Gilded page top edge. Violet ribbon page marker. Maroon endpapers. Bound in cloth printed and blocked with a wraparound colour picture design by Kristin Kwan. Maroon slipcase blocked on front in silver with an oyster design. 24.1x17.1cm. 448pp.
About the book
Sarah Waters's Tipping the Velvet follows Nancy Astley from her family's oyster business in Whitstable into the music halls and hidden social worlds of Victorian London. Captivated by Kitty Butler, a performer who takes to the stage dressed as a man, Nancy follows her into a life of theatrical excitement, desire and uncertainty. Love and betrayal carry her through sharply contrasting worlds, exposing the power of money, class and gender expectations. Rich in the atmosphere of nineteenth-century streets and stages, this historical novel combines an intimate story of lesbian love with a spirited exploration of identity, performance and the search for independence.
