Wifedom : Mrs Orwell's invisible life / Anna Funder.
By: Funder, Anna.
Publisher: London : Penguin Books, 2024Description: 256 pages ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9780241482742 (pbk.) :; 0241482747 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Blair, Eileen, 1905-1945 -- Marriage | Orwell, George, 1903-1950 -- Marriage | Authors' spouses -- Great Britain -- Biography | Biography | Biography | Biography & non-fiction prose | Biography: literary | Feminism & feminist theoryDDC classification: 823.912 Summary: Looking for wonder and some reprieve from the everyday, Anna Funder slips into the pages of her hero George Orwell. As she watches him create his writing self, she tries to remember her own - when she uncovers his forgotten wife, it's a revelation. Eileen O'Shaughnessy's literary brilliance shaped Orwell's work and her practical nous saved his life. But why - and how - was she written out of the story? Using newly discovered letters from Eileen to her best friend, Funder recreates the Orwells' marriage, through the Spanish Civil War and WWII in London. As she rolls up the screen concealing Orwell's private life she is led to question what it takes to be a writer - and what it is to be a wife.| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Adult book | Moss Bank Library Adult Non-Fiction | 823.912 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 38055400026866 |
Originally published: UK: Viking, 2023.
Includes bibliographical references.
Looking for wonder and some reprieve from the everyday, Anna Funder slips into the pages of her hero George Orwell. As she watches him create his writing self, she tries to remember her own - when she uncovers his forgotten wife, it's a revelation. Eileen O'Shaughnessy's literary brilliance shaped Orwell's work and her practical nous saved his life. But why - and how - was she written out of the story? Using newly discovered letters from Eileen to her best friend, Funder recreates the Orwells' marriage, through the Spanish Civil War and WWII in London. As she rolls up the screen concealing Orwell's private life she is led to question what it takes to be a writer - and what it is to be a wife.