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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.
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. The script by Jane English drew from Lister's diaries, written in code, and decoded many years after her death.
Nov 4, 2010 · The Secret Diaries Of Miss Anne Lister: Vol. 1: The extraordinary story of the first modern lesbian whose diaries 'changed everything' Emma Donoghue (Virago Modern Classics Book 251) Kindle Edition. by Anne Lister (Author), Helena Whitbread (Editor) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.6 2,417 ratings.
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Aug 1, 1992 · Anne Lister's diaries are remarkable. Remarkable that they survived at all, that they were deciphered, that she wrote so much, and that they are so astonishingly frank. It's like reading an R-rated Jane Austen novel, complete with leeches, STDs, bowel complaints and lesbian seduction.
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A young woman's diary chronicles her life and sexual exploits in 19th-century Yorkshire, England.
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Jan 28, 2023 · The Secret diaries of Miss Anne Lister (1791-1840) 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.
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.
