Sarah Waters Ordine dei libri

Water splashed and heels rubbed as Mrs. Barber stepped into the tub, creating a silence punctuated by the occasional drip from the tap. Frances had viewed her lodgers as mere financial transactions, but this moment revealed the strange intimacy of having paying guests—just a thin scullery door separating her from a naked Mrs. Barber. In 1922 London, a tense atmosphere prevails as disillusioned ex-servicemen and the hungry demand change. In a genteel Camberwell villa, impoverished widow Mrs. Wray and her daughter, Frances, must take in lodgers, transforming their lives. The arrival of modern couple Lilian and Leonard Barber, from the 'clerk class,' disrupts the household routines in unexpected ways. As tensions rise and passions simmer, the consequences of their new living arrangement become increasingly unpredictable and far-reaching. This narrative, rich in detail and emotional depth, showcases the intricacies of human relationships, creating a compelling story filled with tenderness, believable characters, and surprising twists.

An anthology of the winning entries in the Jane Austen Short Story Award 2009, which celebrates the bicentenary of Jane Austen's arrival in Chawton House, where she spent the most productive years of her literary life. The intention of the prize is to publish the very best short fiction inspired by Jane Austen or Chawton House. Chair of Judges is bestselling author Sarah Waters.

Sarah Waters, the award-winning author of three novels set in Victorian London, returns with a stunning novel that marks a departure from the nineteenth century. Moving back through the 1940s, through air raids, blacked-out streets, illicit liaisons, sexual adventure, to end with its beginning in 1941, The Night Watch is the work of a truly brilliant and compelling storyteller. This is the story of four Londoners - three women and a young man with a past - drawn with absolute truth and intimacy. Kay, who drove an ambulance during the war and lived life at full throttle, now dresses in mannish clothes and wanders the streets with a restless hunger, searching ... Helen, clever, sweet, much loved, harbours a painful secret ... Viv, glamour girl, is stubbornly, even foolishly, loyal to her soldier lover ... Duncan, an apparent innocent, has had his own demons to fight during the war. Their lives and their secrets connect in sometimes startling ways. War leads to strange alliances ... Tender, tragic and beautifully poignant, set against the backdrop of feats of heroism both epic and ordinary, here is a novel of relationships that offers up subtle surprises and twists. The Night Watch is thrilling. A towering achievement. --back cover

* The Orange Prize short-listed, Booker Prize short-listed, critically adored, third novel from Sarah Waters - reissued in with a stunning new jacket

Now you know why you are drawn to me - why your flesh comes creeping to mine, and what it comes for. Let it creep.From the dark heart of a Victorian prison, disgraced spiritualist Selina Dawes weaves an enigmatic spell. Is she a fraud, or a prodigy? By the time it all begins to matter, you’ll find yourself desperately wanting to believe in magic.

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' novel is a feast for the senses - an erotic, lushly detailed historical novel that bursts with life and dazzlingly casts the turn of the century in a different light.