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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Sonia_OrwellSonia Orwell - Wikipedia

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   Sonia Mary Brownell (25 August 1918 – 11 December 1980), better known as Sonia Orwell, was the second wife of writer George Orwell. Sonia is believed to be the model for Julia, the heroine of Nineteen Eighty-Four. Sonia worked with the Information Research Department (IRD), a propaganda department of the British Foreign Office, which helped ...

   • Known for: The Orwell Archive
   • Occupation: Archivist

   • Nationality: British
   • Relatives: Richard Blair (adoptive stepson)

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3. www.nytimes.com › 15 › booksThe Widow Orwell - The New York Times

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   Jun 15, 2003 · A Portrait of Sonia Orwell. By Hilary Spurling. Illustrated. 193 pp. New York: Counterpoint. $24. IN a life of brilliant passions, Sonia Brownell's 14-week marriage to George Orwell stands...

4. www.washingtonpost.com › books › 2023/08/16Did Orwell's wife help write 'Animal Farm'? A new book ...

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   Aug 16, 2023 · She is his second wife, Sonia. The photo of Sonia Orwell has been removed from this version as it is no longer relevant to the article. As a child, I was taken to see an animated film version...

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6. www.latimes.com › archives › la-xpm-2003-jul-06-bkOrwell's final muse, without the doublespeak - Los Angeles Times

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   Jul 6, 2003 · Sonia often said she wanted to marry a great man -- and in Orwell, though gaunt, pallid and near death, she had found him. The marriage lasted a little more than three months; Orwell never...

7. www.newstatesman.com › culture › 2020The sacrifices of George Orwell's first wife - New Statesman

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   Mar 4, 2020 · George Orwell’s enigmatic first wife was, it appears, an exact inversion of his second wife. Eileen O’Shaugh-nessy married an unknown writer and then worked herself to death to ensure his fame, while Sonia Brownell married a dying writer in order to ensure her own fame. The names say it all: Orwell was christened Eric Blair and Eileen ...

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   Who is Sonia Orwell?

   • Sonia Mary Brownell (25 August 1918 – 11 December 1980), better known as Sonia Orwell, was the second wife of writer George Orwell. Sonia is believed to be the model for Julia, the heroine of Nineteen Eighty-Four.

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   How did Sonia meet George Orwell?

   • Through Horizon Sonia eventually encountered George Orwell, already suffering from the tuberculosis that would kill him. When he began work on 1984, she served as the model for Winston Smith's girlfriend Julia: "The girl from the Fiction Department . . . was looking at him. . . .

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   What did Sonia Orwell do for a living?

   • The boldface company could and should not disguise the fact that Sonia Orwell had an enormous capacity for and dedication to work; Julia's 60-hour weeks at the Ministry of Truth were hers, at Horizon and elsewhere. Primarily, she devoted herself to the thankless task of literary executorship.

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   Who is Sonia in Nineteen Eighty Four?

   • Sonia is believed to be the model for Julia, the heroine of Nineteen Eighty-Four. Sonia worked with the Information Research Department (IRD), a propaganda department of the British Foreign Office, which helped to increase the international fame of Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four.

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9. www.nytimes.com › 2017/09/26 › booksWith a Friend Like Him, They Didn’t Need Enemies - The New ...

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   Sep 26, 2017 · Plante writes of Sonia Orwell: “I was in love with the unhappiness in her, and yet reassured that, no matter what I did, what I felt it my duty to do, to lessen that unhappiness, I couldn’t:...

10. www.washingtonpost.com › archive › entertainmentA portrait of the bright, sorrowful and ever-conflicted soul ...

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    Jun 8, 2003 · A Portrait of Sonia Orwell. By Hilary Spurling. Counterpoint. 194 pp. $24. Praising The Girl from the Fiction Department is easy. The hard part is figuring out what to praise first about this...