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 ).

Preceded by
Edge of Darkness
British Academy Television Awards
Best Drama Series or Serial

1987
Succeeded by
Tutti Frutti