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The Girl from the Fiction Department: A Portrait of Sonia Orwell
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Counterpoint
Publication date May 5, 2004
Pages 193
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9781582432441
ISBN-10 1582432449
Dimensions 0.50 by 5.25 by 8.25 in.
Weight 0.52 lbs.
Original list price $14.95
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Sonia Orwell, widow of George Orwell, was blamed for exploiting his name and squandering his fortune after he died. Here, Hilary Spurling shows that she was in fact a heroic woman who devoted much of her life to righting wrongs.

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Hardcover
Book cover for 9781582432434
 
from Counterpoint (May 1, 2003)
9781582432434 | details & prices | 193 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $24.00
About: A portrait of George Orwell's second wife notes her achievements with Cyril Connolly on 'Horizon' magazine, her editorial work on her husband's nonfiction writings, his portrayal of her as Julia in '1984,' and the burdens she took on in widowhood.
Paperback
Book cover for 9780141008172 Book cover for 9781582432441
 
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from Counterpoint (May 5, 2004)
9781582432441 | details & prices | 193 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.52 lbs | List price $14.95
About: Sonia Orwell, widow of George Orwell, was blamed for exploiting his name and squandering his fortune after he died.
New edition from Gardners Books (June 5, 2003)
9780141008172 | details & prices | 208 pages | 5.00 × 7.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $10.80
About: George Orwell's second wife was portrayed by many of her husband's biographers as a manipulative gold-digger.

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