{"product_id":"the-secret-diaries-of-miss-anne-lister-isbn-9781844087198","title":"The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover the extraordinary diaries of the real Anne Lister: the inspiration for \u003ci\u003eGentleman Jack\u003c\/i\u003e and Emma Donoghue's new novel \u003ci\u003eLearned By Heart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Engaging, revealing, at times simply astonishing' SARAH WATERS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'[Anne Lister's] sense of self, and self-awareness, is what makes her modern to us . . . The diaries gave me courage' JEANETTE WINTERSON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The Lister diaries are the Dead Sea Scrolls of lesbian history' EMMA DONOGHUE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen this volume of Anne Lister's diaries was first published in 1988, it was hailed as a vital piece of lost lesbian history. The editor, Helena Whitbread, had spent years painstakingly researching and transcribing Lister's extensive journals, much of which were written in an elaborate code - what Lister called her 'crypthand', which allowed her to record her life in intimate, and at times, explicit, detail. Until then, Anne Lister's lesbianism had been supressed or hinted at; this was the first time her story had been told. Anne Lister defied the role of nineteenth century womanhood: she was bold, fiercely independent, a landowner, industrialist, traveller and lesbian - a woman who lived her life on her own terms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThese diaries include the years 1816-1824. The second volume, continuing Anne's story, \u003ci\u003eTHE SECRET DIARIES OF MISS ANNE LISTER: NO PRIEST BUT LOVE\u003c\/i\u003e, is now available.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44897000915173,"sku":"NP9781844087198","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/O_2f8606f4-0710-41f3-bb40-e3d5106524b1.jpg?v=1773106768","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-secret-diaries-of-miss-anne-lister-isbn-9781844087198","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}