Tipping the velvet /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Waters, Sarah, 1966- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Riverhead Books, [1999]
Edition:First American edition.
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Description
Summary: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.
Item Description:The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copies were acquired as part of The Arden Eversmeyer Collection.
Physical Description:472 pages ; 23 cm
Awards:Lambda Literary Award, 1999.
ISBN:1573221368
9781573221368
1573227889
9781573227889