Bibliograph

The secret diaries of Miss Anne Lister (1791-1840), edited by Helena Whitbread

Type

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The secret diaries of Miss Anne Lister (1791-1840), edited by Helena Whitbread

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The secret diaries of Miss Anne Lister (1791-1840)

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

978083900

Responsibility statement

edited by Helena Whitbread

Summary

These remarkable diaries are a piece of lost lesbian history. Anne Lister defied the role of womanhood seen in the novels of Jane Austen: she was bold, fiercely independent, a landowner, industrialist, traveller - and lesbian. She kept extensive diaries, written partly in code, of her life and loves

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Creator