Gentleman Jack: The Real Anne Lister
By: Anne Choma
4.05
Format: 258 pages, Paperback
The official companion book to the HBO series Gentleman Jack created by Sally Wainwright and starri…
Want to Read $ 6.99"Capable, clever and with a natural gift for land and estate management, Anne had been the natural choice to take on the huge task of running Shibden. Not only had she impressed Uncle James with her abilities to deal with the renewal of leases and misbehaving tenants, he also knew that she would never marry and therefore the estate would not be broken up. In their conversations together, Anne had left him under no illusion that her emotional and sexual feelings for other women precluded the possibility of her ever entering into a marriage with a man, in which she stood to lose all that was hers. It was another four decades, on the passing of the Married Women’s Property Act in 1870 (thirty years after Anne’s death), before women would be able to keep hold of and inherit property following marriage. So, remarkable as it may seem to us now, it was Anne Lister’s lesbian sexuality (then with no name or legal recognition), which played a crucial role in helping her to keep control of her wealth at a time when it was thought that it was impossible for a woman to do so. That Uncle James, in 1826, seemed to understand and recognise this is even more extraordinary."-Anne Choma, Gentleman Jack: The Real Anne Lister
"Capable, clever and with a natural gift for land and estate management, Anne had been the natural choice to take on the huge task of running Shibden. Not only had she impressed Uncle James with her abilities to deal with the renewal of leases and misbehaving tenants, he also knew that she would never marry and therefore the estate would not be broken up. In their conversations together, Anne had left him under no illusion that her emotional and sexual feelings for other women precluded the possibility of her ever entering into a marriage with a man, in which she stood to lose all that was hers. It was another four decades, on the passing of the Married Women’s Property Act in 1870 (thirty years after Anne’s death), before women would be able to keep hold of and inherit property following marriage. So, remarkable as it may seem to us now, it was Anne Lister’s lesbian sexuality (then with no name or legal recognition), which played a crucial role in helping her to keep control of her wealth at a time when it was thought that it was impossible for a woman to do so. That Uncle James, in 1826, seemed to understand and recognise this is even more extraordinary."-Anne Choma, Gentleman Jack: The Real Anne Lister
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1. I Know My Own Heart: The Diaries, 1791-1840
By: Anne Lister , Helena Whitbread
4.03
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Upon publication, the first volume of Anne Lister's diaries, I Know My Own Heart, met with celebrat… read more
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- lesbian
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- nonfiction
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"What a comfort is this journal. I tell myself to myself and throw the burden on my book and feel relieved."-Anne Lister, I Know My Own Heart: The Diaries, 1791-1840
2. No Priest But Love: The Journals, 1824-1826
By: Anne Lister , Helena Whitbread
4.60
Format: 645 pages, Paperback
"One may take delight in what is here: the souvenir of an unabashed and often triumphant erotic lif… read more
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3. The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
By: Anne Lister , Helena Whitbread
3.89
Format: None pages, Paperback
Anne Lister defied the role of womanhood seen in the novels of Jane Austen: she was bold, fiercely … read more
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4. Overwatch: Anthology Volume 1
By: Micky Neilson , Andrew Robinson , Matt Burns , Blizzard Entertainment , None
3.84
Format: 95 pages,
Your favorite Overwatch(R)heroes' backstories are revealed in this anthology from Dark Horse Books … read more
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5. The Price of Salt, or Carol
By: Patricia Highsmith , Claire Morgan
4.02
Format: 292 pages, Paperback
Patricia Highsmith's story of sexual obsession may be one of the most important, but still largely … read more
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- lesbian
- queer
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- historical
- audiobook
"She hated cleaning up after making something."-Patricia Highsmith, The Price of Salt, or Carol
"Love was supposed to be a kind of blissful insanity."-Patricia Highsmith, The Price of Salt, or Carol
"It always gets late with you. - Is that a compliment?"-Patricia Highsmith, The Price of Salt, or Carol
"What else mattered except being with Carol, anywhere, anyhow?"-Patricia Highsmith, The Price of Salt, or Carol
6. Learned by Heart
By: Emma Donoghue
3.51
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Eliza and Lister have never been this wide-awake in their lives, and the Slope, with its curtains d… read more
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- lesbian
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7. Lost in Love (Nunswick Abbey, #1)
By: Emily Banting
3.82
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
A heart-warming, quintessentially English village novel, centred on the ruins of Nunswick Abbey. H… read more
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- lesbian
- audiobook
- lgbt
- queer
8. A Game of Romance and Ruin (Girl Games #2)
By: Ruby Roe
4.22
Format: 342 pages, Kindle Edition
In a game of power, can love be the deadliest weapon? Stirling Grey, a legendary negotiator, is … read more
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- lesbian
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9. Gentleman Jack: A Biography of Anne Lister, Regency Landowner, Seducer and Secret Diarist
By: Angela Steidele
3.73
Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition
Longlisted for the 2019 Portico Prize The extraordinary life of history's first modern lesbian who … read more
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- lesbian
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- history
- biography
- lgbt
- historical
- feminism
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- queer
10. Gentleman Jack: The Real Anne Lister
By: Anne Choma
4.05
Format: 258 pages, Paperback
The official companion book to the HBO series Gentleman Jack created by Sally Wainwright and starri… read more
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- lesbian
- audiobook
- history
- biography
- lgbt
- historical
- feminism
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- queer
"Capable, clever and with a natural gift for land and estate management, Anne had been the natural choice to take on the huge task of running Shibden. Not only had she impressed Uncle James with her a…"-Anne Choma, Gentleman Jack: The Real Anne Lister
11. Anne Lister, The Life, Loves & Times of Gentleman Jack
By: Pauline Hodgkinson
4.37
Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition
Discover the life, loves and times of Anne Lister, a remarkable charismatic woman who inspires some… read more
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12. Nature's Domain: Anne Lister and the Landscape of Desire
By: Jill Liddington
4.43
Format: 187 pages, Kindle Edition
May 1832: Anne Lister was making her way home to Halifax and ancient Shibden Hall. Betrayed once ag… read more
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- history
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- nonfiction
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13. Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries
By: Kate Mosse
3.71
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries brings together Kate’s rich and detailed knowledge of unhear… read more
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- history
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14. A Game of Deceit and Desire (Girl Games #3)
By: Ruby Roe
4.34
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
Can love survive when trust is the rarest magic of all? Bella Blythe, master of lattice magic, i… read more
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- lesbian
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15. A Game of Proposals and Parties (Girl Games, #1.5)
By: Ruby Roe
4.15
Format: 18 pages, ebook
An extra steamy epilogue to A Game of Hearts and Heists. Find out how Scarlett and Quinn get engage… read more
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16. The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows (Feminine Pursuits, #2)
By: Olivia Waite
3.88
Format: 271 pages, ebook
When Agatha Griffin finds a colony of bees in her warehouse, it’s the not-so-perfect ending to a no… read more
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17. A Game of Love and Hate (Girl Games, #0.5)
By: Ruby Roe
3.98
Format: 61 pages, ebook
Find out how Scarlett Grey met Quinn Adams. How they fell into hate. And all the fights and fucks t… read more
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- lesbian
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18. Anne Lister, Ann Walker, and me
By: Lynn Pharaoh
4.45
Format: 237 pages, Kindle Edition
Anne Lister, Ann Walker, and The true story of two 19th century landed-ladies whose courage and de… read more
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19. KISSING GENTLEMAN JACK: Anne Lister of Shibden Hall and the search for a female companion
By: S.L. Smith
4.30
Format: 145 pages, Kindle Edition
Kissing Gentleman Jack is about Anne Lister's relationships with women — her love affairs, her flir… read more
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20. As Good as a Marriage: The Anne Lister Diaries 1836–38
By: Jill Liddington
4.50
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The BBC and HBO series Gentleman Jack brought Anne Lister to international attention, awakening tre… read more
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- nonfiction
21. The Moss House
By: Clara Barley
3.39
Format: 210 pages, Paperback
Two hundred years ago, neighbouring Yorkshire landowners Miss Lister and Miss Walker find their liv… read more
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- lesbian
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