She traces this story through the lens of LGBT history, from 1840 when Anne Lister died, right up to Gentleman Jack in 2019.Īnne Lister is a brilliant example of an outspoken, courageous, Northern woman who found her own voice at a time when so many women were silenced. has been explored by Muriel Green in Miss Lister of Shibden Hall and Jill Liddington in Female Fortune and Natures Domain (Green 1992 Liddington 1998. In this lecture, Dr Liddington explores precisely how Anne Lister has been presented by different generations of editors and historians.
The new edition from Manchester University Press includes a fascinating Afterword on the recent discovery of an Ann Walker diary Female Fortune: land, gender and authority: Anne Lister diaries 1833-36, Rivers Oram Press, 1998, reprinted 2010, 2018. In 1990 Jill Liddington, living in Halifax just a mile from Shibden Hall, began work on the 1830s diaries. First published in 1998, Female Fortune: the Anne Lister diaries 1833-36 is the book that inspired Sally Wainwright to create Gentleman Jack. Series 1 was broadcast in 2019 and series 2 is expected this spring. How do you write about a woman who has already written a diary of over four million words? About a woman whose every letter artfully re-presents the truth? Reading Anne’s heavily abbreviated handwriting and deciphering her private coded sections daunts even the most determined of historians. Female Fortune: The Anne Lister Diaries, 1833-36: Land, gender and authority: New Edition by Jill Liddington Paperback 29.95 Hardcover 120.00 Paperback 29.95 eBook 22.
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