by Emma Donoghue · Picador · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781035017775
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«Learned by Heart» is the historical novel by Emma Donoghue, published by Picador in paperback (322 pages, in English).
In 1805, Eliza Raine, daughter of an Indian mother and a British father, boards at the Manor School for Young Ladies in York, where she lives apart from the rest. The arrival of Anne Lister, a new, charismatic and rebellious student, completely changes Eliza's life: an intense relationship develops between them that will mark their lives forever.
The novel is inspired by Anne Lister, a real figure who served as the basis for the series Gentleman Jack, and was a finalist for the Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.
For readers of historical fiction and romance, particularly those seeking LGBTQ+ stories based on real characters.
Emma Donoghue is an Irish Canadian novelist, screenwriter, playwright and literary historian. Her 2010 novel Room was a finalist for the Booker Prize and an international best-seller. Donoghue's 1995 novel Hood won the Stonewall Book Award and Slammerkin (2000) won the Ferro-Grumley Award for Lesbian Fiction. She is a 2011 recipient of the Alex Awards. Room was adapted by Donoghue into a film of the same name. For this, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. In 2025, Donoghue won the coveted Alice B Readers Award given annually to living writers of published works whose careers are distinguished by consistently well-written works about lesbians.
