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Eileen
The Making of George Orwell
Taschenbuch von Sylvia Topp
Sprache: Englisch

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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
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
Über den Autor
Sylvia Topp is the author of numerous essays, including 'Hidden Husbands' and 'You Can't Get to Barnhill from Here'. She 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 News and later The Village Voice, before finishing her publishing career at Vanity Fair. Eileen is her first book. She lives in Kingston, Ontario.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Peter Davison

Introduction by Sylvia Topp

1 A Complicated Ancestry

2 Head Girl at High School

3 Honours at Oxford

4 Between Oxford and Orwell

5 A Whirlwind Courtship

6 Orwell in Love

7 Six Happy Months of Marriage

8 Escape from Catalonia

9 From Overwork to Near Tragedy

10 Abandoned Again

11 Coming Up for Air in Morocco

12 War Ends the Wallington Experiment

13 The Worst Years of Her Life

14 Coming into Her Own at Last

15 But Smooth Sailing Was Never an Option

16 Nearly a Happy Ending

Epilogue: Orwell Without Eileen

Appendix: Two Complete Letters by Eileen

Notes

A Note of Appreciation

Index

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Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Biographien, Importe
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781800180260
ISBN-10: 1800180268
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Topp, Sylvia
Hersteller: Unbound
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 199 x 132 x 42 mm
Von/Mit: Sylvia Topp
Erscheinungsdatum: 04.03.2021
Gewicht: 0,446 kg
Artikel-ID: 119439044
Über den Autor
Sylvia Topp is the author of numerous essays, including 'Hidden Husbands' and 'You Can't Get to Barnhill from Here'. She 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 News and later The Village Voice, before finishing her publishing career at Vanity Fair. Eileen is her first book. She lives in Kingston, Ontario.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Peter Davison

Introduction by Sylvia Topp

1 A Complicated Ancestry

2 Head Girl at High School

3 Honours at Oxford

4 Between Oxford and Orwell

5 A Whirlwind Courtship

6 Orwell in Love

7 Six Happy Months of Marriage

8 Escape from Catalonia

9 From Overwork to Near Tragedy

10 Abandoned Again

11 Coming Up for Air in Morocco

12 War Ends the Wallington Experiment

13 The Worst Years of Her Life

14 Coming into Her Own at Last

15 But Smooth Sailing Was Never an Option

16 Nearly a Happy Ending

Epilogue: Orwell Without Eileen

Appendix: Two Complete Letters by Eileen

Notes

A Note of Appreciation

Index

Supporters

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Biographien, Importe
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781800180260
ISBN-10: 1800180268
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Topp, Sylvia
Hersteller: Unbound
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 199 x 132 x 42 mm
Von/Mit: Sylvia Topp
Erscheinungsdatum: 04.03.2021
Gewicht: 0,446 kg
Artikel-ID: 119439044
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