# The True History of the First Mrs. Meredith and Other Lesser Lives

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- Book: [The True History of the First Mrs. Meredith and Other Lesser Lives](https://www.bookquiver.com/diane-johnson/the-true-history-of-the-first-mrs-meredith-and-other-lesser-lives) ([The True History of the First Mrs. Meredith and Other Lesser Lives.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/diane-johnson/the-true-history-of-the-first-mrs-meredith-and-other-lesser-lives.md))
- Authors: [Diane Johnson](https://www.bookquiver.com/diane-johnson), [Vivian Gornick](https://www.bookquiver.com/vivian-gornick)
- Publisher: nyrb_classics
- ISBN: 978-16-8137-445-1
- Pages: 272
- Published: 2020-06-23
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A classic of alternative biography and feminist writing, this empathetic and witty book gives due to a " lesser" figure of history, Mary Ellen Peacock Meredith, who was brilliant, unconventional, and at...