Description
First edition, first printing of The Life and Loves of a She-Devil by Fay Weldon, published by Hodder & Stoughton in London, 1983. This is a fine copy free from internal inscriptions, bound in original publisher’s black cloth boards with gilt lettering to the spine, with some minor spotting and browning to the text block. The fine unclipped wrapper showing the original £8.95 net price. Jacket design by Steve and Julie Ridgeway.
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil by Fay Weldon is a darkly comic novel that follows Ruth, an unattractive and mistreated housewife, who transforms herself into a vengeful “she-devil” after her husband leaves her for his beautiful mistress, Mary Fisher. Ruth undergoes a series of radical changes, including plastic surgery and manipulation, to dismantle the lives of those who wronged her, ultimately embodying power and ruthless revenge in her quest for personal vindication.
