The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister by Helena Whitbread, Anne Lister

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

Helena Whitbread, Anne Lister

422 pages first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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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. She kept extensive diaries of her life and loves, written partly in code. Made up ...

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Moods

informative 69%
reflective 63%
emotional 27%
inspiring 27%
challenging 25%
funny 16%
adventurous 13%
hopeful 11%
sad 8%
dark 2%
tense 2%

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medium 26%

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