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The Secret Diaries Of Miss Anne Lister: Vol. 1

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The Secret Diaries Of Miss Anne Lister: Vol. 1 Synopsis

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. The second volume, continuing Anne's story, The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister: No Priest But Love, is now available.

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ISBN: 9781844087198
Publication date: 4th November 2010
Author: Anne Lister
Publisher: Virago Press Ltd an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 448 pages
Series: Virago Modern Classics
Primary Genre History
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