"Lavishly crammed with the songs, smells, and costumes of late Victorian England" (The Daily Telegraph), this delicious, steamy debut novel chronicles the adventures of Nan King, who begins life as an oyster girl in the provincial seaside town of Whitstable and whose fortunes are forever changed when she falls in love with a cross-dressing music-hall singer named Miss Kitty But...
"Lavishly crammed with the songs, smells, and costumes of late Victorian England" (The Daily Telegraph), this delicious, steamy debut novel chronicles the adventures of Nan King, who begins life as an oyster girl in the provincial seaside town of Whitstable and whose fortunes are forever changed when she falls in love with a cross-dressing music-hall singer named Miss Kitty Butler. When Kitty is called up to London for an engagement on "Grease Paint Avenue, " Nan follows as her dresser and secret lover, and, soon after, dons trousers herself and joins the act.
In time, Kitty breaks her heart, and Nan assumes the guise of butch roue to commence her own thrilling and varied sexual education--a sort of Moll Flanders in drag--finally finding friendship and true love in the most unexpected places.
Drawing comparison to the work of Jeanette Winterson, Sarah Waters's novel is a feast for the senses--an erotic, lushly detailed historical that bursts with life and dazzlingly casts the turn of the century in a different light.
"An unstoppable read, a sexy and picaresque romp through the lesbian and queer demi-monde of the roaring Nineties. It's gorgeous." --The Independent on Sunday (UK)
Here she was wet, and smooth as velvet. I had never, of course, touched anyone like this before - except, sometimes, myself; but it was as if I touched myself now, for the slippery hand which stroked her seemed to stroke me: I felt my drawers grow damp and warm, my own hips jerk as hers did. Soon I ceased my gentle strokings and began to rub her, rather hard. 'Oh!' she said very softly; then, as I rubbed faster, she said 'Oh!' again. Then, 'Oh, oh, oh!': a volley of'Oh!'s, low and fast and breathy. She bucked, and the bed gave an answering creak; her own hands began to chafe distractedly at the flesh of my shoulders. There seemed no motion, no rhythm, in all the world, but that which I had set up, between her legs, with one wet fingertip. (查看原文)
“I shook myself free of her. ‘I have a new girl now, who’s not ashamed to be my sweetheart.’” During the treacherous journey, Nancy finally found the true meaning of LOVE.
第8本原版书。'If you are fretting over how to tell me you are leaving' 'I am fretting,' I said, 'over how to tell you that I love you, over how to say that you are all the world to me.' 啊啊啊啊kswl
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0 有用 ி狗仔 2015-08-04 18:09:04
不作死就不会死
0 有用 悖论入侵 2022-08-14 11:05:39
“I shook myself free of her. ‘I have a new girl now, who’s not ashamed to be my sweetheart.’” During the treacherous journey, Nancy finally found the true meaning of LOVE.
0 有用 芋熊 2023-05-29 11:58:06 上海
作者如同一个杂技演员一般轻巧自然的平衡着爱、同性恋和社会问题等话题，欧，或者说根本上就只有一个话题，那就是一个人是如何健全的，而成长和心智健全是无关性别的。Nancy从一开始就不是完美主角，她时而虚伪善妒，时而贪慕虚荣，时而幼稚愚蠢，我一度对她的选择感到匪夷所思。可是她的眼神总是追随handsome的女性，从不质疑自己的取向。我喜欢作者这样处理，尤其喜欢后半部份这种自然状态，她们相爱、经营生活，仿... 作者如同一个杂技演员一般轻巧自然的平衡着爱、同性恋和社会问题等话题，欧，或者说根本上就只有一个话题，那就是一个人是如何健全的，而成长和心智健全是无关性别的。Nancy从一开始就不是完美主角，她时而虚伪善妒，时而贪慕虚荣，时而幼稚愚蠢，我一度对她的选择感到匪夷所思。可是她的眼神总是追随handsome的女性，从不质疑自己的取向。我喜欢作者这样处理，尤其喜欢后半部份这种自然状态，她们相爱、经营生活，仿若无他人存在，仿若世界没有男女性别之分，唯有真爱。而这就是一个人的爱情故事。 (展开)
0 有用 momo 2021-02-09 01:27:26
第8本原版书。'If you are fretting over how to tell me you are leaving' 'I am fretting,' I said, 'over how to tell you that I love you, over how to say that you are all the world to me.' 啊啊啊啊kswl
1 有用 小野山 2009-03-21 02:09:05
靠，终于读完了
0 有用 onomatopoeia 2024-01-16 23:55:08 浙江
维多利亚时代大胆的奔涌的女性情欲，没有困惑也没有羞耻，用最直白的比喻表现同性之间的爱与欢愉，身份认同似乎也简单，换上裤子就是找到了自我；但又处处迷失，在华装异服的舞台上，在偏僻无人的小巷中，在香艳的床笫之间。没想到一切由socialism来拯救，与爱人与comrade互诉衷肠后以远处的掌声落幕，爱情与新兴思想一起生发。
0 有用 Sickborolas 2024-01-14 16:48:18 瑞典
有点狗血但是喜欢
0 有用 L'etranger 2023-07-24 14:00:57 浙江
3.5。看来只有共产主义才能拯救Nancy（不是）。这个故事如果不是les设定属于是看都不想看的cliche，但是因为几乎是全女的setting，加上书中背景的时代设定，倒蛮有意思的，人物的内心独白很细腻，只有女作者写得出来……
0 有用 芋熊 2023-05-29 11:58:06 上海
作者如同一个杂技演员一般轻巧自然的平衡着爱、同性恋和社会问题等话题，欧，或者说根本上就只有一个话题，那就是一个人是如何健全的，而成长和心智健全是无关性别的。Nancy从一开始就不是完美主角，她时而虚伪善妒，时而贪慕虚荣，时而幼稚愚蠢，我一度对她的选择感到匪夷所思。可是她的眼神总是追随handsome的女性，从不质疑自己的取向。我喜欢作者这样处理，尤其喜欢后半部份这种自然状态，她们相爱、经营生活，仿... 作者如同一个杂技演员一般轻巧自然的平衡着爱、同性恋和社会问题等话题，欧，或者说根本上就只有一个话题，那就是一个人是如何健全的，而成长和心智健全是无关性别的。Nancy从一开始就不是完美主角，她时而虚伪善妒，时而贪慕虚荣，时而幼稚愚蠢，我一度对她的选择感到匪夷所思。可是她的眼神总是追随handsome的女性，从不质疑自己的取向。我喜欢作者这样处理，尤其喜欢后半部份这种自然状态，她们相爱、经营生活，仿若无他人存在，仿若世界没有男女性别之分，唯有真爱。而这就是一个人的爱情故事。 (展开)
0 有用 是花不是瓜 2023-04-25 00:04:15 美国
Flo为啥喜欢 Nancy啊，她俩感觉没有心灵沟通啊