Eileen : the making of George Orwell
Topp, Sylvia2020
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This is the never-before-told story of George Orwell's first wife, Eileen, a woman who shaped, supported, and even saved the life of one of the twentieth century's greatest writers.
Main title:
Eileen : the making of George Orwell / Sylvia Topp ; [foreword by Peter Hobley Davison].
Imprint:
London : Unbound, 2020.
Collation:
xix, 475 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), portraits ; 25 cm.
Notes:
"With a foreword by Peter Davison, the acclaimed editor of the twenty-volume Complete works of George Orwell" -- back cover.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
1.A Complicated Ancestry -- 2.Head Girl at High School -- 3.Honours at Oxford -- 4.Between Oxford and Orwell -- 5.A Whirlwind Courtship -- 6.Orwell in Love -- 7.Six Happy Months of Marriage -- 8.Escape from Catalonia -- 9.From Overwork to Near Tragedy -- 10.Abandoned Again -- 11.Coming Up for Air in Morocco -- 12.War Ends the Wallington Experiment -- 13.The Worst Years of Her Life -- 14.Coming into Her Own at Last -- 15.But Smooth Sailing Was Never an Option -- 16.Nearly a Happy Ending.
ISBN:
9781783527083
Dewey class:
828.91209828.912
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
371020
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Biography | 828.912 OSH | Available |