Eileen - The Making of George Orwell

Topp delivers the first biography of Eileen O'Shaughnessy and chronicles her nine-year marriage to author George Orwell, from a tiny village where they grew vegetables through the dangers of the Spanish Civil War and narrowly escaping the destruction of their London apartment in World War II.

About the author

Sylvia Topp has worked in publishing since college, starting as a copy editor on medical journals, then moving to freelance editing at major literary publishing houses. She was the long-time wife and partner of Tuli Kupferberg, a Beat poet who later was a co-founder, in 1964, of the Fugs, a legendary rock and roll band. Together Sylvia and Tuli wrote, edited, and designed over thirty books and magazines, including As They Were, 1001 Ways to Live Without Working, and Yeah! magazine. Sylvia joined the staff at The Soho Weekly Newsand later The Village Voice, before finishing her publishing career at Vanity Fair. Eileen is her first book. She lives in Kingston, Ontario.

Summary

Zelda, Nora, Vera, and now Eileen – this is the story of George Orwell's first wife, a woman who shaped, supported and even saved the life of one of twentieth century's greatest writers

Product details

• Authors: Sylvia Topp
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9781783527083
• ISBN: 978-1-78352-708-3
• No. of pages: 496
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Social & cultural history, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000