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 70%
reflective 62%
emotional 29%
inspiring 29%
challenging 27%
funny 18%
adventurous 16%
hopeful 13%
sad 8%
dark 5%
lighthearted 2%
tense 2%

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slow 74%
medium 25%

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