Sarah Waters

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  • Janet Lewison Rank: Captain 3rd Aug 2009

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    'But Briar crept on me. Briar absorbed me. Now I feel the simple weight of the woollen cloak with which I have covered myself and think, I shall never escape! I am not meant to escape! Briar will never let me!'

    Sarah Waters revisits Victorian Fiction's dark, fetid, spaces and lifts away the veils o ...

  • Guest 24th Aug 2008

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    I couldn't put 'Tipping The Velvet' down, characterization was fantastic, story was great. It's a little slow in parts but overall a great read, definitely recommended. Brilliantly written.

  • ILLIONAS Rank: Lance Corporal 2nd Jun 2005

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    Basically, this book, Sarah Waters, Tipping the Velvet is amazing. It is hard to believe this is Sarah Waters' first book; she is such a confident and vivid writer and anyone who reads this book will not be disappointed. It has everything in it: love, lust, sex and the harsh realities that women in ...

  • Kayleigh Leech Higginson Rank: Lance Corporal 29th Apr 2005

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    Sarah Waters, Fingersmith: I have become so caught up in this story it has inspired me to begin or should I say try to right the story that is in my head. If my book is 1/8 as good as this one I will be happy.

    Kayleigh Leech - Higginson

  • Leilani. 16th Jun 2003

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    A rare book that details two women's lives without giving all the answers. Maintaining interest and anticipation throughout. Like Margaret the reader is left stunned and empty at the end. As heart-break is something most people can relate to you feel touched on a personal level. Suddenly the whole b ...