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Jill Liddington

Female Fortune

Land, Gender and Authority : The Anne Lister Diaries and Other Writings 1833-36

Rivers Oram Pr (Apr 28, 1998)

9781854890887

| Hardcover

298 pages | 5.8 x 8.7 inch | Great Britain | English

$ 49.95

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Dewey 305.906643092

LC Classification HQ75.4.L57 .A3 1998

Subject

Lesbians - History - England
Lesbians&apos
Women - History - England
Writings, English

Plot

This is a reappraisal of the lesbian landowner, Anne Lister (1791-1840), who was a scholar, heiress, traveller and diarist. Her challenge to conventional behaviour is well documented in her diaries, showing here the opportunities that could be won in those days for independent women.