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This month world book club talks to british writer sarah waters about her charttopping novel, tipping the velvet. Fun home by alison bechdel tipping the velvet by sarah waters fingersmith by sarah waters. A darkly passionate, vaudevillian tale of lesbian passion amidst the picaresque world of victorian music hall. She is best known for her novels set in victorian society and featuring lesbian protagonists, such as tipping the velvet and fingersmith.
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