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Assia Wevill
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Assia Wevill
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Assia Wevill
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Assia Wevill
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Ted Hughes and Assia Wevill with their daughter "Shura".
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Assia Wevill and Shura Hughes Wevill, Devon, England, 1967.
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Assia Gutmann Wevill and Shura Hughes Wevill, England, December
1968.
(Photo copyright Martin Baker)
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Sylvia Plath, well-known writer and Hughes's first wife.
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Sylvia Plath killed gased herself to death aged 30 after
discovering Ted's affair with Assia Wevill.
Pictured: Sylvia with Frieda and son Nicholas, who also committed
suicide later in life.
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Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes.
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Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.
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The victim
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Alexandra Tatiana Elise "Shura" Hughes Wevill, 4.
Assia Wevill biography