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3. Orwell's wife's story

Sat Jan 3, 2026, 04:34 PM

Jan 3

..is detailed in a book, 'Wifehood', by Anna Funder. Eileen O'Shaugnessy had a lot of input into 'Animal Farm', was in Spain with him, nursed him after he was shot, and helped him escape from the Stalinist death squads. She's barely mentioned in 'Homage to Catalonia', though. https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/audio/2018901393/anna-funder-how-george-orwell-wrote-his-wife-out-of-his-story

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