The Life and Loves of a She-Devil

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The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
Author	Fay Weldon
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre(s)	Novel
Publisher	Hodder & Stoughton
Publication date	1983
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
ISBN	ISBN

The Life and Loves of a She-Devil is a 1983 novel by British feminist author Fay Weldon about a woman who, when she finds out she is being betrayed by her husband, goes to great lengths to take revenge on him and his lover.

The novel was filmed twice: in 1986 as a BBC television serial and, less faithfully, by Hollywood in 1989 as She-Devil, starring Roseanne Barr as the "she-devil" and Meryl Streep as her adversary.

	1986 mini-series	1989 movie
length	4 x 60 mins.	100 mins.
screenplay by	Ted Ballantine	Barry Strugatz
directed by	Philip Saville	Susan Seidelman
Ruth Patchett	Julie T. Wallace	Roseanne Barr
Bobbo / Bob	Dennis Waterman	Ed Begley Jr.
Mary Fisher	Patricia Hodge	Meryl Streep
Nicola	Caroline Butler
Andy	Christopher Mossford

Paperback editions of the novel were issued in 1993 by Ballantine Books, New York ( ISBN 0-345-32375-0 ) and by Sceptre, London ( ISBN 0-340-58935-3 ).