A Moment of Comedy

Wednesday, June 24, 2026 - 16:00 The Lesbian Historic Motif Project If there's a moment of pure comedy in Anne Lister's diary entries for her Paris stay, it's watching her continued obliviousness to the attempts of her landlady to hook her up with Mr. Franks. "Oh, we just happen to be the two odd people out in every social outing that Madame de Boyve has arranged. Ha ha. What a coincidence!" Major category: LHMPTags: LHMP LHMP #564l Orr 2006 A Sojourn in Paris - Mr. Franks 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) Mr. Franks There were a lot of romantic goings-on at Place Vendôme. As noted previously, de Boyve was an enthusiastic matchmaker, and as will be discussed later, her housekeeper was said to procure less formal arrangements for the male guests. De Boyve set out to encourage a match between Lister and Mr. Franks, by including…