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Can I read Tipping the Velvet on EtoBox?
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Tipping the Velvet about?
Nan King, an oyster girl, is captivated by the music hall phenomenon Kitty Butler, a male impersonator extraordinaire treading the boards in Canterbury. Through a friend at the box office, Nan manages to visit all her shows and finally meet her heroine. Soon after, she becomes Kitty's dresser and the two head for the bright lights of Leicester Square where they begin a glittering career as music-hall stars in an all-singing and dancing double act. At the same time, behind closed doors, they admit their attraction to each other and their affair begins.
Who reads Tipping the Velvet?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Sarah Waters
- Publisher
- Hachette UK
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780748129324
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction
- Rating
- 4 / 5 (2 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- Tipping the Velvet : A Novel (1999)
- بريق اللؤلؤة [Arabic] (1997)
- Tipping the Velvet [ Large Print ] (2003)
- El lustre de la perla (Panorama de narrativas) (1997)
- El lustre de la perla (Panorama de narrativas) (2004)
- Tipping the Velvet : A Novel (2000)
- Tipping the Velvet : A Novel (1998)
- Tipping The Velvet (Virago Modern Classics) (2018)
- Tipping the Velvet (Virago V) (2000)
- El Lustre De La Perla(c.1) (1998)
- El Lustre de la Perla [4850] (2004)
- El Lustre De La Perla(c.1) (2004)
- El lustre de la perla (Panorama de narrativas) (2010)
- Tipping the Velvet : A Novel (2014)
- Tipping The Velvet (2009)
- Tipping The Velvet (Virago Modern Classics) (1998)
- TIPPING THE VELVET ( BBC TV Tie-in ) (2005)
- Tipping the Velvet (Oberon Modern Plays) (2015)
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