The secret diaries of Miss Anne Lister (1791-1840) / edited by Helena Whitbread.
Publication details: London : Virago, 2010. Description: xxv, 422 p. ; 20 cmISBN: 9781844087198 (pbk); 1844087190 (pbk)Subject(s): Lister, Anne, 1791-1840 -- Diaries | Lesbians -- England -- West Yorkshire -- Biography | West Yorkshire (England) -- BiographyDDC classification: 942.8107092 LOC classification: HQ75.4.L57 | A3 2010Summary: 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.| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations |
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First published in 1988 under title: I know my own heart : the diaries of Anne Lister, 1791-1840.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.