Sylvia and Ted

Emma Tennant

HarperCollins Publishers Australia, 2001 - Poets - 177 pages

In evocative and dramatic prose, Emma Tennant unfolds a story of passion, conflict and betrayal as she reconstructs one of the 20th century's most famous literary love affairs - the tempestuous triangle of Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes and Assia Wevill. Filled with lurking danger and mounting suspense, this story climaxes in tragic fashion, leaving behind a hundred unanswered questions.Emma Tennant was drawn to her subject partly as a result of her past relationship with hughes - and because of the legends that surround him and the two women who loved him. Her prose is highly imaginative, and through it we learn of the literary circles in which the trio inhabited as well as of the complexities, needs and desires of three talented, but ultimately tortured individuals.

About the author

Emma Tennant was born in London, England on October 20, 1937. Before becoming an author and editor, she worked as a journalist for Queen magazine and Vogue. Her first novel, The Colour of Rain, was written under the pseudonym of Catherine Aydy in 1963. The book written under her own name included Pemberley, Burnt Diaries, Strangers: A Family Romance, Felony, A House in Corfu, Two Women of London: The Strange Case of Ms. Jekyll and Mrs. Hyde, and Girlitude: A Memoir of the 50s and 60s. She edited the literary journal Bananas and was the editor the Viking series Lives of Modern Women. She died following a long illness on January 20, 2017 at the age of 79.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Sylvia and Ted
• Author: Emma Tennant
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia, 2001
• ISBN: 0732271061, 9780732271060
• Length: 177 pages