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Description
The failure of the marriage between Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes has always been considered from one of two conflicting viewpoints: hers or his. Missing for more than four decades has been a third perspective on the events that brought their marriage to its ill-fated end, the story of... read more
Cast of Characters/Important People
- Assia Wevill: Mistress of Ted Hughes
- Ted Hughes: Add a description of this character.
- Sylvia Plath
- Lonya Gutmann: Assia Wevill's father
- Elizabetha "Lisa" Gaedeke (Gutmann): Assia Wevill's mother
- Celia Gutmann: Assia Wevill's sister
- John Steele: Assia Wevill's first husband
- Richard "Dick" Lipsey: Assia Wevill's second husband
- David Wevill: Assia Wevill's third husband
- Alexandra "Shura" Tatiana Elise Wevill: Daughter of Assia Wevill and Ted Hughes born while Assia was still married to David Wevill
Memorable Quotes
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“"...with the enormous difference that she had a million times the talent, 1,000 times the will, 100 times the greed and passion that I have. I should never have looked into Pandora's box, and now that I have I am forced to wear her love-widow's sacking, without any of her compensations. What, in 5 years' time, will he reproach me for? What sort of woman am I? How much time have I been given? How much time has run out? What have I done with it? Have I used myself to the hilt already? Am I enough for him? AM I ENOUGH FOR HIM?"”
From her diary--the author prefaces this quote with, "A horrifying thought began to creep in: that she was inviting Sylvia's doom for herself."
First Sentence
Times were changing, and Ephraim Gutmann turned a blind eye when his son found all sorts of excuses not to accompany him to the synagogue on Friday evenings.
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Authors & Contributors
- Yehuda Koren (Author)
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