Eileen O'Shaughnessy, in Her Own Words

The Complete Letters of George Orwell's Wife
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-3-032-03366-6
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 245 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 341 g

This book brings together the complete letters of Eileen O'Shaughnessy, the first wife of Eric Blair, the man we know as George Orwell. Although they married in 1936 and spent the next nine years together, Eileen’s extensive influence on Orwell’s work is only now being understood. This collection of letters is enhanced by interviews with some of those who remember being told as children that Eileen had an extremely important role in the final style and writing of . The couple were prolific letter-writers, and about 65 of Eileen’s letters have survived. These letters offer us a glimpse into their lives and marriage in Eileen’s own words. Eileen was an accomplished writer in her lifetime, and the letters are erudite and entertaining, whilst offering tantalizing glimpses of what it was like to share a life with the creative genius that is George Orwell.

Zielgruppe

Popular/general

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, Angela

Topp, Sylvia

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: School and juvenilia (1905-1921).- Chapter 3: Oxford and London (1922-1934).- Chapter 4: Meeting Orwell and marriage (1935-1936).- Chapter 5: Saving Orwell twice (1936-1938).- Chapter 6: To Marrakesh (1938-1939).- Chapter 7:  At war (1939-1941).- Chapter 8: Eileen at the Ministry of Food (1941-1944).- Chapter 9: Last letters (1945).

Über Autor(innen)

Angela Smith is Professor of Language and Culture at the University of Sunderland, UK. She has published extensively in the areas of gender studies, media discourse, and politeness theory.

Sylvia Topp is the author of (2020).