Affinity (novel)

Affinity (novel)

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name = Affinity
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image_caption = UK paperback cover
author = Sarah Waters
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
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genre = Historical fiction
publisher = Virago
release_date = 1999
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media_type = Print (Paperback)
pages = 368
isbn = ISBN 1-86049-691-1
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"Affinity" is a 1999 historical fiction novel by Sarah Waters. It is the author's second novel, following "Tipping the Velvet", and followed by "Fingersmith".

Plot summary

Margaret Prior (also called "Peggy" and "Aurora"), an unmarried woman from an upper class family, visits the Millbank Prison in the 1870s Victorian era England. The protagonist is an overall unhappy person, recovering from her father's death and her subsequent failed suicide attempt, and struggling with her lack of power living at home with her overinvolved mother despite being almost 30. She becomes a "Lady Visitor" of the prison, hoping to escape her troubles and be a guiding figure in the lives of the female prisoners. As she peers through a flap in the door, entranced by the sight of a girl with a flower — she is reminded of a Carlo Crivelli painting. Of all her friendships with prisoners, she is most fascinated by this girl, who she learns to be Selina Dawes, medium of spirits.

Acclaim

*Arts Council of Wales Book of the Year Award (shortlist), 2000
*Ferro-Grumley Award for Lesbian and Gay Fiction, 2000
*Lambda Literary Award for Fiction (shortlist), 2000
*Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize (shortlist), 2000
*Somerset Maugham Award for Lesbian and Gay Fiction, 2000
*Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, 2000

Film

The novel was adapted into a screenplay by Andrew Davies. A feature film based on Davies' adaptation of "Affinity" will premiere on 19 June 2008 at the opening night of Frameline, the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, at the Castro Theater. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/books/features/sarah-waters-interview.shtml BBC - BBC Four - Books - Sarah Waters interview ] ] [ [http://www.frameline.org Frameline ] ]

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