Lesser Lives: The True History Of The First Mrs. Meredith And Other Lesser Lives (1st edition) by Diane Johnson. Heinemann, 1972
$60.00
Description
“Many people have described the Famous Writer presiding at his dinner table. . . . He is famous; everybody remembers his remarks. . . . We forget that there were other family members at the table – a quiet person, now muffled by time, shadowy, whose heart pounded with love, perhaps, or rage.” So begins The True History of the First Mrs. Meredith and Other Lesser Lives
Diane Johnson’s meticulously researched historical fiction based on Johnson’s research of the life Mary Ellen Peacock Meredith the daughter of a famous artist an the wife of famous poet. A classic of feminist writing and alternative biography. Dustjacket slightly damaged and price clipped. Otherwise excellent first edition hardback.
Publisher: Heinemann, 1972
ISBN: 0 434 37692 2
Related products
-


John Eales: The Biography by Peter FitzSimons. Signed by John Eales. ABC Books.
$60.00 Read more -


A. E. H. – Some Poems, Some Letters And A Personal Memoir By His Brother (Very rare 1st edition) by Laurence Housman. Jonathan Cape, 1957.
$85.00 Read more -


The Story Of The Life And Times Of Alexander von Humboldt (1st edition) by Alexander von Humboldt. Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1879.
$80.00 Read more -


Hancock: Man Of Iron (1st edition; Very Rare) by Neill Philipson. Wren, 1974.
$70.00 Read more





