A Deep Dive into the Anne Lister's Trip to Paris

Friday, June 12, 2026 - 14:00 The Lesbian Historic Motif Project In order to make this dissertation manageable, I will be posting it in smaller segments--portions of the fairly lengthy chapters. Major category: LHMPTags: LHMP LHMP #564a Orr 2006 A Sojourn in Paris Introduction About LHMP Full citation: Orr, Dannielle. 2006. A Sojourn in Paris 1824-25: Sex and Sociability in the Manuscript Writings of Anne Lister (1791-1840). (Doctoral Dissertation, Murdoch University) Introduction This is a doctoral dissertation so it’s structured somewhat differently than a book would be, although of similar length. The work examines the period of Anne Lister’s life when she was in Paris in 1824, and particularly how she interacted with a community of women there, both socially and romantically. The focus is how Lister’s various written records document and reflect those interactions, including how her “crypt hand” cipher reflects her psychological states and processes. The dissertation is structured…