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The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister is a 2010 British biographical historical drama film about 19th-century Yorkshire landowner Anne Lister. Made for television , the film was directed by James Kent and starred Maxine Peake as Lister.
May 31, 2010 · The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister: Directed by James Kent. With Maxine Peake, Anna Madeley, Susan Lynch, Christine Bottomley. A look at the life of 19th-century Yorkshire landowner Anne Lister (1791-1840), who lived openly as a lesbian and kept diaries chronicling the details of her daily life.
Jan 28, 2023 · 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.
Jun 19, 2012 · Book 1 of 2: The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister. See all formats and editions. Discover the extraordinary diaries of the real Anne Lister: the inspiration for Gentleman Jack and Emma Donoghue's new novel Learned By Heart. 'Engaging, revealing, at times simply astonishing' SARAH WATERS.
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Buy The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister on Fandango at Home, Prime Video. A young woman's diary chronicles her life and sexual exploits in 19th-century Yorkshire, England.
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Aug 1, 1992 · The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister. Anne Lister, Helena Whitbread (Editor) 3.95. 1,801 ratings190 reviews. An alternate cover edition can be found here. Anne Lister defied the role of womanhood seen in the novels of Jane Austen: she was bold, fiercely independent, a landowner, industrialist, traveler, and a lesbian.
This bold and passionate drama tells the story of Anne Lister (1791-1840). She was a lesbian, who, despite needing to keep her orientation secret from society, in private defied the conventions of her times by living with her female lover.
In nineteenth century Yorkshire wealthy orphan Anne Lister lives with an aunt and uncle, anxious for her to marry well and blissfully - unaware that she is a lesbian. Anne is recording her thoughts and exploits in a coded diary.
May 31, 2010 · Maxine Peake stars in a profoundly moving drama based on the real diaries of Anne Lister: a landowning woman who defied the conventions of her 19th century life to great scandal... for Anne was a lesbian.
May 31, 2010 · A dramatic adaptation of the journals of Anne Lister, a 19th-century Yorkshire landowner and industrialist who lived a secret life with her female lover. Show...
