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001			on1346215991
003			OCoLC
005			20230831141037.0
008			230131t20232023nyua e b 000 0beng
010			_a 2023002866
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019			_a1393444266
020			_a9780593320686 _qhardcover
020			_a0593320689 _qhardcover
020			_a9780593315149 _qpaperback
020			_a0593315146 _qpaperback
035			_a(OCoLC)1346215991 _z(OCoLC)1393444266
042			_apcc
043			_ae-uk-en
092			_aBLAIR, E. _bF981
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aFunder, Anna, _d1966- _eauthor. _9202435
245	1	0	_aWifedom : _bMrs. Orwell's invisible life / _cAnna Funder.
250			_aFirst American edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bAlfred A. Knopf, _c2023.
264		4	_c©2023
300			_a451 pages : _billustrations ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_a"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf."
520			_a"A riveting work about the woman who sacrificed her future for one of the most famous writers of the twentieth century and a probing look at what it means to be a wife and a writer in the modern world. Looking for wonder and some reprieve from the everyday, award-winning writer 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 common sense 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 the Second World War 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. Genre-bending and utterly original, Wifedom is an ode to the unsung work of women everywhere today, while offering a breathtakingly intimate view of one of the most important literary marriages of the twentieth century. It is a book that speaks to our present moment as much as it illuminates the past"-- _cProvided by publisher.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 403-448).
505	0		_aWifedom, a counterfiction -- Invisible warrior -- Invisible worker -- Happy ending -- Afterlife.
600	1	0	_aBlair, Eileen, _d1905-1945.
600	1	0	_aOrwell, George, _d1903-1950 _xMarriage.
650		0	_aAuthors' spouses _zEngland _vBiography. _9141711
650		0	_aWives _zEngland _vBiography.
655		7	_aBiographies. _2lcgft _9870
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c371946 _d371946