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Sarah Waters (1) (1966–)

Author of Fingersmith

For other authors named Sarah Waters, see the disambiguation page.

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About the Author

Sarah Waters was born in Wales in 1966. She has a Ph.D. in English. She is the author of several books including Tipping the Velvet, Affinity, The Night Watch, and The Paying Guests. Fingersmith won the CWA Ellis Peters Dagger Award for Historical Crime Fiction and the South Bank Show Award for show more Literature. She has won a Betty Trask Award and the Somerset Maugham Award. In 2003, she was chosen as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists and was named Author of the Year by the British Book Awards, The Booksellers' Association and Waterstone's Booksellers. Several of her novels have been adapted for television. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Sarah Waters

Fingersmith (2002) 7,814 copies
Tipping the Velvet (1998) 5,075 copies
The Little Stranger (2009) 5,075 copies
The Night Watch (2006) 4,379 copies
Affinity (1999) 3,331 copies
The Paying Guests (2014) 3,180 copies

Associated Works

Nights at the Circus (1984) — Introduction, some editions — 2,652 copies
Lolly Willowes, or The Loving Huntsman (1926) — Introduction, some editions — 1,512 copies
A View of the Harbour (1947) — Introduction, some editions — 575 copies
Granta 81: Best of Young British Novelists 2003 (2003) — Contributor — 273 copies
The Trail of the Serpent (1861) — Introduction, some editions — 185 copies
Tipping the Velvet [2002 TV mini series] (2004) — Original novel — 78 copies
Fingersmith [2005 TV mini series] (2005) — Original book — 60 copies
The Handmaiden [2016 film] (2013) — Original novel — 53 copies
Virago Is 40 (2013) — Contributor — 30 copies
Affinity [2008 film] (2008) — Original novel — 19 copies
The Little Stranger [2018 film] (2018) — Original novel — 10 copies
Tipping the Velvet - play (2015) — Original novel — 5 copies
The Mechanics' Institute Review: Issue 2 (2005) — Introduction — 1 copy
The Night Watch (Modern Plays) (2016) — Original novel — 1 copy

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Bowie's Top 100, Fingersmith by Sarah Waters in 75 Books Challenge for 2016 (April 2016)
The Night Watch: 1940s vocabulary in One LibraryThing, One Book (June 2015)
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters in Orange January/July (February 2015)

Reviews

Despite being overly long and drawn out, it is a great story beautifully written. The sheer joy and excitement of an unexpected and forbidden love. A desire constantly questioned emotionally as real or simply a humiliating delusion. Is this fragile love worth the price of total ruin. Exquisite!
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dale01 | 198 other reviews | Mar 8, 2024 |
Review: Fingersmith by Sarah Waters. 4* 08/30/2023

This was a well-written book. I liked the character's developments and the organization of the story. As far as the content of LGBT romance, set in the Victorian era, a scam artist, prison, and a lot of twists and turns throughout the book. The author describes Victorian London with its dark moments and Gothic atmosphere. I thought the dialogue between characters was really good and convincing. The author also concentrates mainly on the plot which admittedly is very strong.
I also like some of the secondary characters such as "Gentleman" and Mrs. "Sucksby". Their roles in the story were so creative and enhanced the story delightfully. There were so many events happening page after page that I didn't want to put the book down. I read over some pages twice to make sure I didn't miss something. Sarah Waters is a great historian writer and a mastermind of creativity when writing her stories.
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Juan-banjo | 283 other reviews | Mar 2, 2024 |
Big "what the fuck did I just read" energy. I thought this was going to be dark, and it started that way before going for some soap opera twists which nevertheless worked for me. Wish the guy (Richard Rivers) didn't have such a prominent role; he pushes the leads so hard to betray each other that it ends up feeling like it's his fault entirely, when I'd like them to have both been a little worse people. But I was very happy with the ending.
 
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