Ernest's work had always been his first priority, and with a baby in-tow the marriage became strained. Living on a pittance the two bounced from one experience to another, but when Hadley fell pregnant there was a shift in the relationship. However, whilst Ernest was flourishing under the friendship and tutorship of such minds, Hadley was sidelined, and felt out of place in the stimulating atmosphere, where artists openly experimented creatively and sexually. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, and Ford Maddox Ford. Jazz-age Paris was a strange and alluring place, and Hemingway fell quickly into intellectual circles with the likes of Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, F. A troubled war-veteran, upcoming writer, and dashing gentleman, Ernest instantly captivated the inexperienced Hadley, and the two were quickly married, and set out for Paris in pursuit of a creative atmosphere where Hemingway's writing could flourish. The novel is written from Hadley's perspective and describes her childhood before meeting Hemingway, and their infamous whirlwind romance, which took place in 1920 when Hadley was twenty-eight and Hemingway was just twenty-one. The Paris Wife (2011) is a piece of historical-fiction about Ernest Hemingway and his first wife, Hadley Richardson.
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