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A review by elikuiken
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister by Helena Whitbread, Anne Lister
5.0
Can’t give it less than 5 stars because the research was immaculate and the entries were way more interesting than I thought they’d be.
PSA, though, if you’re looking for Gentleman Jack entries this takes place a good decade before Ann Walker comes into the picture. It’s mostly Anne wailing about how déclassé her family is, simping over Mariana who seems shitty, and treating various other women such as Tab like garbage.
Anne Lister is a Shane but less hot and more whiney. If you’ve ever wondered how a privileged aristocratic woman from the 1820s saw the world, this is your warning that it’s exactly what you’d think it would be. Anne is classist, rude, and snobby. Anne thinks everyone around her is stupid and uneducated and that she’s God’s gift to her family even though she’s so dismissive to her father and sister that it’s a wonder they didn’t throw her into one of her coal pits.
But she’s also a victim of her circumstance, and it’s fascinating to see how an eccentric lesbian who wanted a wife in 1820s Yorkshire saw the world. She’s intelligent, independent, and insanely brave. She married a woman in Georgian England.
Really interesting to read, but don’t expect Suranne Jones or whimsical forth-wall breaking entertainment.
PSA, though, if you’re looking for Gentleman Jack entries this takes place a good decade before Ann Walker comes into the picture. It’s mostly Anne wailing about how déclassé her family is, simping over Mariana who seems shitty, and treating various other women such as Tab like garbage.
Anne Lister is a Shane but less hot and more whiney. If you’ve ever wondered how a privileged aristocratic woman from the 1820s saw the world, this is your warning that it’s exactly what you’d think it would be. Anne is classist, rude, and snobby. Anne thinks everyone around her is stupid and uneducated and that she’s God’s gift to her family even though she’s so dismissive to her father and sister that it’s a wonder they didn’t throw her into one of her coal pits.
But she’s also a victim of her circumstance, and it’s fascinating to see how an eccentric lesbian who wanted a wife in 1820s Yorkshire saw the world. She’s intelligent, independent, and insanely brave. She married a woman in Georgian England.
Really interesting to read, but don’t expect Suranne Jones or whimsical forth-wall breaking entertainment.