4 thoughts on “The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister, In-Depth

  1. A very interesting and gutsy woman who lived life on her own terms and paid the price for violating the conventions. I admire her.

  2. I tried watching this when Gentleman Jack was on, but only got as far as Miss Browne flirtation. I stopped bc Maxine Peake wasn’t as good of an Anne Lister as Suranne Jones is and the costumes were all Regency and not the 1821 wider sleeves, etc. But I definitely will watch it all the way through since you’re recommending it.

    Besides Marianne was not a favourite character in both Gentleman Jack as she is of the type to want a bit on the side. She married a rich, boring, syphilitic man.

  3. I don’t know if it’s historically accurate or not,but I don’t like how the silk gowns are bunched up in the bosom area.Bodices were gathered,but there were always a few neat pleats to tidy the look.Perhaps the recycled-costumes-misfit-stuff.Also I find the transition from the very small bodice to an almost columnar skirt a bit wonky here.The period illustrations with equally small bodices don’t look that way,but Regency didn’t go for photorealism.(I know it isn’t Regency until 1915,still)
    Are the ringlets on Ann accurate?Those ringlets feel neither tight enough to resemble sausage curls,nor natural enough for the favoured wisps of hair tendrils look.

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