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The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
Anne Lister
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Description for The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
Paperback. The diary of a remarkable woman who lived life on her terms in Regency Yorkshire. Anne Lister was a wealthy landowner, industrialist - and lesbian. Editor(s): Whitbread, Helena. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 3JF; BGH; BJ; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSK1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 29. Weight in Grams: 294.
'Engaging, revealing, at times simply astonishing' SARAH WATERS
'[Anne Lister's] sense of self, and self-awareness, is what makes her modern to us . . . The diaries gave me courage' JEANETTE WINTERSON
'The Lister diaries are the Dead Sea Scrolls of lesbian history' EMMA DONOGHUE
When this volume of Anne Lister's diaries was first published in 1988, it was hailed as a vital piece of lost lesbian history. The editor, Helena Whitbread, had spent ... Read more Show Less
Discover the extraordinary diaries of the real Anne Lister: the inspiration for Gentleman Jack and Emma Donoghue's new novel Learned By Heart
'Engaging, revealing, at times simply astonishing' SARAH WATERS
'[Anne Lister's] sense of self, and self-awareness, is what makes her modern to us . . . The diaries gave me courage' JEANETTE WINTERSON
'The Lister diaries are the Dead Sea Scrolls of lesbian history' EMMA DONOGHUE
When this volume of Anne Lister's diaries was first published in 1988, it was hailed as a vital piece of lost lesbian history. The editor, Helena Whitbread, had spent ... Read more Show Less
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Virago Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844087198
SKU
V9781844087198
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About Anne Lister
Anne Lister (1791-1840) lived an unconventional life compared with most women in Regency England. She was unmarried, a landowner, industrialist, traveller and scholar. She wrote extensive diaries, partly in an esoteric code. Helena Whitbread spent years transcribing the diaries and what she discovered was quite extraordinary: the diaries have been called 'the Rosetta Stone of lesbian history'.
Reviews for The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
[Anne Lister's] sense of self, and self-awareness, is what makes her modern to us. She was a woman exercising conscious choice. She controlled her cash and her body. At a time when women had to marry, or be looked after by a male relative, and when all their property on marriage passed to their husband, Anne Lister not only dodged ... Read more