![]() ![]() The novel was chosen by The New York Times and Library Journal as one of the best books of 1998. The main character's experiences in the theatrical profession and her perpetual motion through the city allow her to make observations on social conditions while exploring the issues of gender, sexism, and class difference. She has acknowledged that the book imagines a lesbian presence and history in Victorian London where none was recorded. As opposed to previous lesbian-themed fiction she had read where the characters escape an oppressive society to live apart from it, Waters chose characters who interact with their surroundings. Employing her love for the variety of people and districts in London, she consciously chose an urban setting. Waters was working on a PhD dissertation in English literature when she decided to write a story she would like to read. The novel has pervasive lesbian themes, concentrating on eroticism and self-discovery. ![]()
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