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The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister: Vol. 1

By: Anne Lister, Helena Whitbread - editor
Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
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Discover the extraordinary diaries of the real Anne Lister: the inspiration for Gentleman Jack and Emma Donoghue's novel Learned By Heart.

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 years painstakingly researching and transcribing Lister's extensive journals, much of which were written in an elaborate code - what Lister called her 'crypthand', which allowed her to record her life in intimate, and at times, explicit, detail. Until then, Anne Lister's lesbianism had been supressed or hinted at; this was the first time her story had been told. Anne Lister defied the role of nineteenth century womanhood: she was bold, fiercely independent, a landowner, industrialist, traveller and lesbian - a woman who lived her life on her own terms.

These diaries include the years 1816-1824.

©2010 Helena Whitbread (P)2023 Hachette Audio UK

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'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

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Her words are pure, honest, and brilliantly wrapped with a side of afternoon tea!

To Helena Whitbread (and many others) who spent countless hours transcribing her words, thank you! What a priceless gift you have given.
If you do not know Anne Lister, you should.

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