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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Spurling, Hilary. Girl from the Fiction Department. New York : Counterpoint, 2002 (OCoLC)647497745 |
| Named Person: | Sonia Orwell; George Orwell |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Hilary Spurling |
| ISBN: | 1582432430 9781582432434 |
| OCLC Number: | 51559209 |
| Notes: | Originally published: London : Hamish Hamilton, 2002. |
| Description: | 193 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | Part one : The first drop of the monsoon -- Part two : The Euston Road Venus -- Part three : The girl from the fiction department -- Part four : A game of masks -- Part five : The Widow Orwell. |
| Responsibility: | Hilary Spurling. |
Abstract:
The negative portrait of George Orwell's second wife drawn by his biographers is a travesty. Determined to set the record straight, her friend, Hilary Spurling, herself an acclaimed biographer, reveals the whole story of Sonia Orwell's sad and splendid life. - Jacket flap.
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