FAY WELDON is one of the world's best-known and loved writers. She has published 25 novels, including The Life and Loves of a She-Devil and, most recently, The Bulgari Connection, which stirred up plenty of controversy. She has also published five short story collections, three children's books, a biography of Rebecca West, a collection of essays, Godless in Eden, and a passionate book about Jane Austen, Letters to Alice. As if that weren't enough, she has also written innumerable stage plays and screenplays, including the wildly popular Upstairs, Downstairs and her definitive television adaptation of Pride and Prejudice.