Anna Funder
Wifedom : Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life Paperback Book
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Truly wonderful... Anna Funder has written another brilliant human portrait. Claire Tomalin A BLAZING, GENREBENDING MASTERPIECE FROM ONE OF THE MOST INVENTIVE WRITERS OF OUR TIMELooking 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 . . .When she uncovers his forgotten wife, its a revelation. Eileen OShaughnessys literary brilliance shaped Orwells 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 WW II in London. As she rolls up the screen concealing Orwells 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.Simply, a masterpiece. Here, Anna Funder not only remakes the art of biography, she resurrects a woman in full. And this in a narrative that grips the reader and unfolds through some of the most consequential moments historical and cultural of the twentieth century. Geraldine Brooks, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Binding: Paperback;256 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: BGL; Weight: 440 g; Dimensions: 197 x 128 x 27
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Truly wonderful... Anna Funder has written another brilliant human portrait. Claire Tomalin A BLAZING, GENREBENDING MASTERPIECE FROM ONE OF THE MOST INVENTIVE WRITERS OF OUR TIMELooking 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 . . .When she uncovers his forgotten wife, its a revelation. Eileen OShaughnessys literary brilliance shaped Orwells 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 WW II in London. As she rolls up the screen concealing Orwells 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.Simply, a masterpiece. Here, Anna Funder not only remakes the art of biography, she resurrects a woman in full. And this in a narrative that grips the reader and unfolds through some of the most consequential moments historical and cultural of the twentieth century. Geraldine Brooks, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Binding: Paperback;256 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: BGL; Weight: 440 g; Dimensions: 197 x 128 x 27
Extended returns Orders placed after 29th October 2026 can be returned until 5th January 2027
Something not quite right? You have 21 days from the day you receive it, to send something back. When you purchase Debenhams Deliver+, you will have an extra 14 days on top of our standard 21-day window to initate a return.
Please note, we cannot offer refunds on fashion face masks, cosmetics, pierced jewellery, adult toys, and swimwear or lingerie if the hygiene seal is not in place or has been broken.
Items of footwear and/or clothing must be unworn and unwashed with the original labels attached. Also, footwear must be tried on indoors. Items of homeware including bedlinen, mattresses, and toppers, and pillows must be unused and in their original unopened packaging. This does not affect your statutory rights.
Click here to view our full Returns Policy.
Anna Funder
Wifedom : Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life Paperback Book
“Refund was approved and back in my account the same day.” - Deliver+ customer
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