Wifedom

  • Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life
  • By: Anna Funder
  • Narrated by: Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood, Jane Slavin
  • Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
  • Categories: Biographies & Memoirs

Publisher's Summary

Looking for wonder and some reprieve from the everyday, 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…

And when she uncovers his forgotten wife, it’s a revelation. Eileen O’Shaughnessy’s literary brilliance shaped Orwell’s work and her practical nous 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 WWII 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.

Compelling and utterly original, Wifedom speaks to the unsung work of women everywhere today, while offering a breathtakingly intimate view of one of the most important literary marriages of the 20th century. It is a book that speaks to our present moment as much as it illuminates the past.

©2023 Anna Funder 2023. All rights reserved. (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Customer Reviews

1-5 of 2 reviews

  • Win Jodell

    All praise for this monumental work

    Beautifully written. Impeccably researched. Compellingly read. A timely feminist treatise. Thank you so much Anna Funder.

    1 person found this helpful

    July 15, 2023
  • Anonymous User

    Trying, but rewarding

    Another great book by this author. It was hard to read at some stages, but the story it portrays is so important. Bravo on the research and the quality writing of Funder. I’ve never read Orwell, but I thoroughly enjoy Funder and heard other prominent females praising the book. I appreciate the irony of all that.

    July 15, 2023

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