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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
She's like the Jane Austen of lesbian romance except like with her life
I'm done reading stuff to just check a box. Maybe if I had actually watched the HBO series I would enjoy the painful amount of detail here. Once she started reading letters about her constipation, I was done.
What a treasure to have discovered Anne Lister through the Gentleman Jack television series. The book is a wonderful companion, with the show closely following the actual events in Anne Lister's life. I remain gobsmacked and delighted at what a force of nature she was, especially for her time! An inspiration and LGBTQ+ hero, to be sure.
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Prior to this book I thought Anne Lister sounded so interesting, but this book made her life sound so boring, even when she's romancing a woman and traveling the world.
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sad
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emotional
inspiring
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hopeful
inspiring
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emotional
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medium-paced
So many Ann/es (and not always referring to the right one—whoops)! But what a fascinating dive into the archival record of a woman who was both ahead of and very much a product of her time.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
informative
reflective
medium-paced