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Copyright © 1972 by Diane Johnson
Introduction copyright © 2020 by Vivian Gornick
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First published as a New York Review Books Classic in 2020.
Cover image: George Meredith, illustrated manuscript page (adapted); courtesy of Diane Johnson
Cover design: Katy Homans
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Johnson, Diane, 1934– author. | Gornick, Vivian, author of introduction.
Title: The true history of the first Mrs. Meredith and other lesser lives / by Diane Johnson ; introduction by Vivian Gornick.
Description: New York City : New York Review Books, 2020. | Series: New York Review Books classics | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019047022 (print) | LCCN 2019047023 (ebook) | ISBN 9781681374451 (paperback) | ISBN 9781681374468 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Meredith, Mary Ellen, 1821–1861. | Authors’ spouses—Great Britain—Biography. | Novelists, English—19th century—Biography. | Meredith, George, 1828–1909—Marriage. | Wallis, Henry, 1830– | England—Social life and customs—19th century.
Classification: LCC CT788.M378 J64 2020 (print) | LCC CT788.M378 (ebook) | DDC 942.07092 [B]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019047022
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019047023
ISBN 978-1-68137-446-8
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