Gentleman Jack (Movie Tie-In)

The Real Anne Lister

By: Anne Choma, Sally Wainwright - introduction

Narrated by: Eva Pope, Erin Shanager

The official companion book to the HBO series Gentleman Jack created by Sally Wainwright and starring Suranne Jones

In 1834, Anne Lister made history by celebrating and recording the first ever known marriage to another woman. This is her remarkable, true story.

Anne Lister was extraordinary. Fearless, charismatic and determined to explore her lesbian sexuality, she forged her own path in a society that had no language to define her. She was a landowner, an industrialist and a prolific diarist, whose output has secured her legacy as one of the most fascinating figures of the 19th century. Gentleman Jack: The Real Anne Lister follows Anne from her crumbling ancestral home in Yorkshire to the glittering courts of Denmark as she resolves to put past heartbreak behind her and find herself a wife. This biographical portrait introduces the real Gentleman Jack, featuring unpublished journal extracts decrypted for the first time by series creator Sally Wainwright and historian Anne Choma.

"Anne Choma's Gentleman Jack is not just a tie-in to the TV series, but a probing and page-turning study of legendary diarist Anne Lister, full of original insights and freshly decoded material from the 1830s period of Lister's hunt for a wife." -Emma Donoghue, New York Times bestselling author of Room

Critic reviews

"Anne Choma's Gentleman Jack is not just a tie-in to the TV series, but a probing and page-turning study of legendary diarist Anne Lister, full of original insights and freshly decoded material from the 1830s period of Lister's hunt for a wife." -Emma Donoghue, New York Times bestselling author of Room

Lesbian Journal

Really amazing lesbian historical journal. Thoroughly enjoyable, well narrated coread to the HBO series Gentleman Jack.

Brilliant!

To have the story of the remarkable Anne Lister told mostly in her own words is incredible! Thank goodness her diaries were preserved and deciphered, for us to now have this insight into her life.

Amazing

I’m so bless my wife came across this show on HBO. Made me want to read the book even more. Anne Lister was a strong woman. She helped our path in life. She one of the many reasons I can be married to my wife today! Such a great book!

Ann Lister deserves to be known

I never knew about her until the show. Then I had to read this book. This audiobook was lovely and I plan on listening to it every so often for motivation.

A Gem in our world.

loved it. sad that AW lived such a short life after AL demise. With I could have met them in the flesh but thankful to for the journal and rhe shows. or else I would not know this really happened in real life. Had I known sooner, I would have gained courage and truly admitted myself that loving a woman was not a sin but a blessing.