There are countless Sarah Waters courses, tutorials, articles available online, but for some, having a book is still a necessity to learn. This is an up-to-date list of recommended books.
- The Little Stranger (2010)
- Affinity (2002)
- The Night Watch (2006)
- Fingersmith (2002)
- The Paying Guests (2015)
- Out of Water (2019)
- Tipping the Velvet (2000)
- The Weight of Water (2018)
- Tipping the Velvet: A Novel (2000)
- The Price of Salt (2014)
- Fingersmith by Sarah Waters (2002-10-01) (1617)
- At the Water’s Edge: A Novel (2015)
- Beneath the Water (2018)
- Sarah Morton’s Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl (Scholastic Bookshelf) (2008)
The Little Stranger (2010)
One postwar summer in his home of rural Warwickshire, Dr. Faraday, the son of a maid who has built a life of quiet respectability as a country physician, is called to a patient at lonely Hundreds Hall.
Affinity (2002)
An upper-class woman recovering from a suicide attempt, Margaret Prior has begun visiting the women’s ward of Millbank prison, Victorian London’s grimmest jail, as part of her rehabilitative charity work. Amongst Millbank’s murderers and common thieves, Margaret finds herself increasingly fascinated by on apparently innocent inmate, the enigmatic spiritualist Selina Dawes.
The Night Watch (2006)
Moving back through the 1940s, through air raids, blacked-out streets, illicit partying, and sexual adventure, to end with its beginning in 1941, The Night Watch tells the story of four Londoners—three women and a young man with a past—whose lives, and those of their friends and lovers, connect in tragedy, stunning surprise and exquisite turns, only to change irreversibly in the shadow of a grand historical event.
Fingersmith (2002)
Sue Trinder is an orphan, left as an infant in the care of Mrs. Sucksby, a “baby farmer,” who raised her with unusual tenderness, as if Sue were her own. Mrs.
The Paying Guests (2015)
It is 1922, and London is tense. Ex-servicemen are disillusioned; the out-of-work and the hungry are demanding change. And in South London, in a genteel Camberwell villa—a large, silent house now bereft of brothers, husband, and even servants—life is about to be transformed, as impoverished widow Mrs. Wray and her spinster daughter, Frances, are obliged to take in lodgers.
Out of Water (2019)
THIS IS AN INVITATION TO DROWNING.These are the stories of things out of water–of sea bed deserts choked with ghosts; of the lonely, roving children of the fen. Here your garden grows belowground. You will be born into a cradle of your own bones, shadows will burst from your eyes, and your mouth will fill with thorns.
Tipping the Velvet (2000)
A marvelously lush, erotic and bawdy first novel set int he glory days of seedy music halls; lesbian historical romance
The Weight of Water (2018)
From Carnegie Award winning author Sarah Crossan, a poetic and timely immigration story that combines first love, friendship, and persistent courage.Carrying just a suitcase and an old laundry bag filled with clothes, Kasienka and her mother are immigrating to England from Poland. Kasienka isn’t the happiest girl in the world; at home, her mother is suffering from a broken heart as she searches for Kasienka’s father, and at school, Kasienka is having trouble making friends.
Tipping the Velvet: A Novel (2000)
Nan King, an oyster girl, is captivated by the music hall phenomenon Kitty Butler, a male impersonator extraordinaire treading the boards in Canterbury. Through a friend at the box office, Nan manages to visit all her shows and finally meet her heroine. Soon after, she becomes Kitty’s dresser and the two head for the bright lights of Leicester Square where they begin a glittering career as music-hall stars in an all-singing and dancing double act.
The Price of Salt (2014)
A chance encounter between two lonely women leads to a passionate romance in this lesbian cult classic. Therese, a struggling young sales clerk, and Carol, a homemaker in the midst of a bitter divorce, abandon their oppressive daily routines for the freedom of the open road, where their love can blossom.
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters (2002-10-01) (1617)
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At the Water’s Edge: A Novel (2015)
After disgracing themselves at a high society New Year’s Eve party in Philadelphia in 1944, Madeline Hyde and her husband, Ellis, are cut off financially by his father, a former army colonel who is already ashamed of his son’s inability to serve in the war.
Beneath the Water (2018)
Devastated by a broken engagement, Stella Jackson leaves her old life behind for a new start in rural Scotland. But when she arrives in the remote coastal village of Arisaig, nothing is what she expected.At the edge of Arisaig sits Munro House; grand, imposing and said to be cursed by a string of tragic deaths. No less intriguing is its eccentric and handsome young owner, Jamie Munro, who hires Stella as his assistant while he pursues a seemingly impossible aim.
Sarah Morton’s Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl (Scholastic Bookshelf) (2008)
At sunup when the cockerel crows, young Sarah Morton’s day begins. Come and join her as she goes about her work and play in an early American settlement in the year 1627.There’s a fire to build, breakfast to cook, chickens to feed, goats to milk, and letters and scripture to learn. Between the chores, there is her best friend, Elizabeth, with whom she shares her hopes and dreams. But Sarah is worried about her new stepfather. Will she ever earn his love and learn to call him father?
Best Sarah Waters Books That Will Hook You
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Waters of the World
Author(s): Sarah Dry
ID: 2430388, Publisher: Scribe Publications Pty Ltd, Year: 2019, Size: 6 Mb, Format: epub
Waters of the world: the story of the scientists who unravelled the mysteries of our seas, glaciers, and atmosphere - and made the planet whole
Author(s): Dry, Sarah
ID: 2672348, Publisher: Scribe Publications Pty Ltd, Year: 2019, Size: 6 Mb, Format: epub
Sarah Waters and Contemporary Feminisms
Author(s): Adele Jones, Claire O'Callaghan (eds.)
ID: 1582533, Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK, Year: 2016, Size: 2 Mb, Format: pdf
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