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Gentleman Jack

The Real Anne Lister: The Official Companion to the BBC Series

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Gentleman Jack

By: Sally Wainwright, Anne Choma, Anne Lister
Narrated by: Eva Pope, Erin Shanagher
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Random House presents the audiobook edition of Gentleman Jack, by Anne Lister, Anne Choma and Sally Wainwright, read by Eva Pope and Erin Shanagher.

'There are more ways than one of being happy...I am living proof of this.'

Anne Lister was remarkable. Fearless, charismatic and determined to explore her lesbian sexuality, she forged her own path in a society that had no language to define her. She was a landowner, an industrialist and a prolific diarist whose output has secured her legacy as one of the most fascinating figures of the 19th century.

Gentleman Jack: The Real Anne Lister follows Anne from her crumbling ancestral home in Yorkshire to the glittering courts of Denmark as she resolves to put past heartbreak behind her and find herself a wife. This audiobook introduces the real Gentleman Jack, featuring unpublished journal extracts decrypted for the first time by series creator Sally Wainwright and writer Anne Choma.

©2019 Sally Wainwright and Anne Choma (P)2019 Penguin Audio Historical LGBTQ+ Studies Lesbian Studies Heartfelt
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This helped to fill in a lot of Anne’s story after having watched Gentleman Jack the TV series. Very well done!

So great to learn more about Anne L. & Ann W.

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Read from start to finish. A great insight into the world of Anne Lister.

Loved it

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A very interesting companion to the TV series. very well narrated. one of the best I have heard.

excellent narration and story

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A moving story of a women's struggle to live her truth. Showing great strength and conviction.

Historically significant.

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My most favourite audio book to date! It ended too soon! Ann Lister was incredible.

Wow!

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Loved it. Great LGBT history for anyone interested. Highly recommend this book for anyone who enjoyed the series.

Great companion to the TV series

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I loved the series and I was really looking forward to this. The story is well written and the main narrator is excellent but, for me, the other narrator, who reads the excerpts from the diaries, lets it down. She has the wrong voice for the character of Anne Lister. I find her difficult to listen to because I can't identity with her as Anne Lister at all. I think it would have been better to have the main narrator narrate the whole audio book.

Let down by one of the narrators

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Performances were amazing thoroughly enjoyed listening to the life of a remarkable woman. Beyond her time

Wonderful

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Fantastic account of Anne Listers life with great inserts of her actually diary entries. Well worth a listen!

Brilliantly put together

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