Eileen Maud Blair (née O'Shaughnessy, 25 September 1905 – 29 March 1945) was a British poet and psychologist, involved in the Spanish Civil War. She was the first wife of George Orwell …

Mar 4, 2020 · The names say it all: Orwell was christened Eric Blair and Eileen therefore called herself Eileen Blair; their son, Richard, was also Blair. Sonia, however, who married Orwell on …

Jul 23, 2024 · Anna Funder’s unique look at Orwell’s wife, Eileen O’Shaughnessy Blair, offers another take on George Orwell. And it’s not at all flattering. Many women will identify with …

Eileen Blair, George Orwell’s first wife, is the subject of this welcome and assiduously researched biography by Sylvia Topp. Eileen married Orwell in 1936 when he was a virtual unknown and, …

Eileen O’Shaughnessy married Orwell in 1936 and became Eileen Blair (George Orwell’s real name was, rather prosaically, Eric Blair). But she was virtually missing from Orwell’s own, …

Sep 9, 2024 · Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell’s Invisible Life, published in 2023 by Anna Funder, is a compelling exploration of Eileen Blair, the largely forgotten first wife of George Orwell.

Aug 22, 2023 · Using newly discovered letters from Eileen to her best friend, Funder re-creates the Orwells’ marriage, through the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War in London. …

Jul 3, 2023 · Eileen Blair, the first wife of George Orwell. She kept the couple solvent while they were in Spain during the Civil War.

Aug 18, 2023 · Eileen O’Shaughnessy Blair did not survive. She died at the age of 39, under the knife for a total hysterectomy after years of excruciating pelvic pain and bleeding.

Eileen O’Shaughnessy married Orwell in 1936 and became Eileen Blair (George Orwell’s real name was, rather prosaically, Eric Blair). But she was virtually missing from Orwell’s own, often ...