The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
- 448pagine
- 16 ore di lettura
The diary of a remarkable woman who lived life on her terms in Regency Yorkshire. Anne Lister was a wealthy landowner, industrialist - and lesbian.
Anne Lister Libri
Anne Lister fu una proprietaria terriera, diarista e viaggiatrice dello Yorkshire la cui vita fu meticolosamente documentata in diari che superano i quattro milioni di parole. Queste opere offrono una cronaca intima della sua esistenza quotidiana, spaziando dalle sue relazioni romantiche, alle sue vicende finanziarie, fino alla gestione della sua tenuta, Shibden Hall. Riconosciuta come "la prima lesbica moderna" per la sua autoconsapevolezza e il suo stile di vita apertamente omosessuale, Lister affrontò le sfide sociali con notevole franchezza. I suoi diari cifrati, un misto di algebra e greco, rivelano una personalità complessa che visse in modo autentico, offrendo una profonda prospettiva storica.
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Anne Lister
- 352pagine
- 13 ore di lettura
Originally published as No Priest But Love. ANNE LISTER IS THE INSPIRATION FOR GENTLEMAN JACK, THE ACCLAIMED BBC/HBO SERIES BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT, STARRING SURANNE JONES. 'The Lister diaries are the Dead Sea Scrolls of lesbian history; they changed everything. By resurrecting them and editing them with such loving attention and intelligence, Helena Whitbread has earned the gratitude of a whole generation' EMMA DONOGHUE 'Engaging, revealing, at times simply astonishing: Anne Lister's diaries are an indispensable read' SARAH WATERS When Helena Whitbread first published excerpts from Anne Lister's diary, which was written in a complicated, esoteric code, it was hailed as a lost piece of lesbian history. Whitbread has devoted years to researching and transcribing Lister's extensive journals; the 'crypthand' had allowed Lister to record her life in intimate, and at times, explicit, detail. It was the first time her story had been told. This second volume continues the story of one of the most remarkable women of her time: landowner, industrialist, traveller and lesbian. Anne Lister arrives in post-revolutionary Paris in 1824, attempting to recover from a doomed love affair with a married woman. There she becomes emotionally entangled with a young widow. Anne's efforts, firstly to extricate herself from this new 'scrape' and then to make a choice between the two women in her life, provides an absorbing sexual and social drama. We follow Anne Lister to Buxton, Derbyshire, where a husband appears in hot pursuit of his straying wife who has, in turn, followed Anne there; in Halifax, the Yorkshire town of Anne's birth; to London; and to post-revolutionary Paris, a city alive with political intrigue. Anne's descriptive powers bring each scene vividly to life, providing a brilliant, kaleidoscopic background to her story.
