Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 In 1831, Anne Lister began settling into a new apartment overlooking the sea at 15 Pelham Crescent in Hastings. She was pleased to discover a comforting piece of Yorkshire Parkin in her packing box. #2 Anne Lister had been introduced to the Hobarts and Stuart de Rothesays in 1829 by Vere’s late aunt, Sibella Maclean. They were important society people, and Vere’s cousin, Charles Stuart, the husband of Lady Stuart de Rothesay, was ambassador at the British Embassy in Paris. #3 Anne’s first impressions of Vere were not entirely favorable. She thought Vere was a goose, and when comparing her to Mariana Lawton, the on-off lover for whom she still harbored complicated feelings, Anne decided that Vere was simply a good-humored fat girl. But as the two women got to know each other, Anne began to like her. #4 Anne was able to treat her friends to some unusual cultural experiences in Paris. She took Vere and the Stuart de Rothesays to see the inside of a skeleton of a female whale.

十九世紀という時代に抗い、自らの真実を貫いたアン・リスターの魂の記録。本作の本質的な魅力は、当時の女性像を根底から覆す、彼女の圧倒的な主体的意志にあります。知的好奇心に溢れ、社会の階級を鮮やかに泳ぐ一方で、愛には泥臭く苦悩する。その多面的な人間像が、剥き出しの言葉から鮮烈に浮かび上がります。 歴史の影に埋もれていた一人の女性の「生」の復権は、現代を生きる私たちに、自由と自尊心の在り方を問いかけます。既存の価値観を解体し、独自の美学で運命を切り拓く彼女の姿は、単なる日記の枠を超え、現代文学にも比肩する普遍的な力強さと、自己を愛するための勇気を放っています。