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As Good as a Marriage

The Anne Lister Diaries 1836–38

Jill Liddington

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English
Manchester University Press
07 March 2023
The BBC and HBO series Gentleman Jack has propelled interest in Anne Lister to new heights, particularly her personal diaries, written in hard-to-read-code and running to over 4 million words. In this book, Jill Liddington continues the project she started with Female Fortune, guiding the reader through Anne Lister’s writings from 1836–38.

As good as a marriage covers the period of Anne Lister’s life following her marriage to wealthy local heiress Anne Walker, her inheritance of Shibden Hall after the death of her father, and her subsequent attempts to remodel herself and Shibden with appropriate grandeur. It is a period in Lister’s life when she was at her most imposing, buoyed by growing self confidence in fulfilling her social ambitions as landowner, entrepreneur and traditional member of the landed gentry, and her belief that God had determined her ‘nature’, to live life exactly as she did.

The pages of As good as a marriage evoke the spirit of a woman who, in her own unique way, dramatically challenged received notions of gender and female sexuality in early nineteenth-century England.

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Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 138mm,  Spine: 22mm
Weight:   581g
ISBN:   9781526157355
ISBN 10:   1526157357
Pages:   384
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Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  ELT Advanced ,  Primary
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Preface Introduction I. Living married life at Shibden: May-August 1836 II. The last of the generation: September-October 1836 III. Mariana visits Shibden: November-December 1836 IV: maintaining the upper hand: January-May 1837 V: Getting Stuart Wortleys in Parliament: June-December 1837 VI: How to get off ~ & to where? January-May 1838 Epilogue Afterword Index -- .

Jill Liddington is the author of Female Fortune: The Anne Lister Diaries 1833–36 (2022), and Vanishing for the Vote: Suffrage, Citizenship and the Battle for the Census (2014). She is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Leeds. -- .

Reviews for As Good as a Marriage: The Anne Lister Diaries 1836–38

'This meticulous study of a key two-year period in the marriage of Anne Lister and Ann Walker is a must-read for scholars and fans alike. Liddington highlights key passages of the diaries and letters while providing invaluable context and commentary.'' Professor Jen Manion, author of Female Husbands ‘Jill Liddington delivers a thorough analysis of the critical years following Anne Lister and Ann Walker’s union. Utilizing her own transcription of Lister’s famously challenging “crypthand”, Liddington brings us into the room as the couple struggles against challenges from within and without. Whether you’re a fan of the BBC’s Gentleman Jack or an Anne Lister scholar, this book is not to be missed.’ Pat Esgate, organiser of the Anne Lister Birthday Weekend 'As Good as a Marriage continues the amazing Anne Lister/Gentleman Jack story. Jill Liddington’s excellent introduction and careful editing of letters and diaries for the mid-1830s gives access to the personal, business and political life of this powerful lesbian couple.' Professor Catherine Hall, co-author of Family Fortunes: Men and Women of the English Middle Class 1780–1850 and co-editor of Legacies of British Slave-ownership -- .


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