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Some quirk of the kentish coastline makes whitstable natives as they are properly called the largest and the juiciest, the savouriest yet the subtlest, oysters in the whole of england. Sarah waters is the new york timesbestselling author of the paying guests, the little stranger,the night watch, fingersmith, affinity, and tipping the velvet she has three times been shortlisted for the man booker prize, has twice been a finalist for the orange prize, and was named one of grantas best young british novelists, among other distinctions. The narrator of this book, nancy astley, began her life in an oysterparlour on the kentish coast in 1870. This book has been recorded in daisy and has two levels of navigation to indicate the start of each part and chapter. And tipping the velvet allows us to view it all, center stage.
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Tipping the velvet is a 2002 bbc television drama serial based on the bestselling debut novel by sarah waters of the same name. Tipping the velvet is a 1998 novel written by sarah waters which was later adapted into a threepart serial for the bbc starring rachael stirling and keeley hawes. Buy tipping the velvet virago modern classics new ed by waters, sarah isbn. Set in england in the 1890s, tipping the velvet is a colourful, passionate and entertaining lesbian love story. It is a london vaguely familiar from other novels, but peopled with a heretofore hidden gay community.
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