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Tipping the velvet / Sarah Waters.
Author
Waters, Sarah, 1966-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First Americam edition.
Published/Created
New York : Riverhead Books, [1999]
©1998
Description
472 pages ; 23 cm
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PR6073.A828 T56 1999
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Subject(s)
Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)
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History
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19th century
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Fiction
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Lesbians
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England
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Fiction
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Male impersonators
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England
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Fiction
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England
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Social life and customs
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19th century
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Fiction
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Lesbian fiction
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Picaresque fiction
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Historical fiction
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Summary note
The story of a "girl-in-trousers" in 1890s England. She is a lesbian fishmonger who gains entry into the libertine world of music halls by an affair with a singer, becoming her partner in a cross-dressing show. But drama follows when the other goes straight.
ISBN
1573221368
9781573221368
1573227889 ((paperback))
9781573227889 ((paperback))
LCCN
98043836
OCLC
40347348
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