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Elizabeth Hadley Richardson (November 9, 1891 – January 22, 1979) was the first wife of American author Ernest Hemingway. The two married in 1921 after a courtship of less than a year, and moved to Paris within months of being married. In Paris, Hemingway pursued a writing career, and through him Richardson met other expatriate American and ...
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Elizabeth Hadley Richardson, who went by Hadley, was the first wife of Ernest Hemingway. Hadley was shy and self-doubting, born in a well-to-do family as the youngest of five children. Hadley’s...
Mar 1, 2011 · Hadley Richardson appears here and there in Hemingway's book about his Paris years, A Moveable Feast — and these glimpses of Hemingway's first wife caught McLain's eye. They made her curious...
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Dr. Hilary Justice (JFK Library). Updated 11/2023. Ernest Hemingway immortalized his first wife, Hadley Richardson Hemingway (1891-1979), in one of his most popular works, the posthumously published A Moveable Feast. A Moveable Feast recounts the story of the young couple in 1920s Paris, where they spent most of their marriage.
Hadley and Ernest nurtured each other and were both deeply transformed by their experiences in Europe. During their marriage they met some of the most dynamic people of their time, and they shared adventures in France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Spain, hiking, skiing, fishing and traveling. They attended bullfights, bet on horses, watched ...
Mar 10, 2011 · This time, I was wrong. The Paris Wife by Paula McLain is a gorgeous book, evoking both Hemingway and Richardson with extraordinary clarity and empathy. It is a novelised recreation of...
Dec 19, 2019 · Pauline Phifer, wife number 2, “stole” Hemingway from his first wife, Hadley Richardson. Pauline became Hadley’s best friend, infiltrated their household, pursued and seduced Ernest. Hadley was unable to stop her. Granted, Ernest was complicit, not exactly a victim.
