Saturday, August 19, 2023

Great writer — not such a great guy …

… Anna Funder's 'Wifedom' reveals George Orwell's mistreated wife - Los Angeles Times. (Hat tip, Paul Davis.)

1 comment:

  1. Hmmm.
    "Considering how little information Funder has to work with, “Wifedom” is a spectacular achievement of both scholarship and pure feeling. "
    The "pure feeling" troubles me. Neither Eileen nor Orwell are here to give their accounts so let's just smear Orwell, using "little information" and a large tub of "pure feeling". This project seems to me to reek of its author's desire to write a book that will garner her a lot of publicity. ZMKC

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