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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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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Jul 9, 2003 · Four months later, Orwell was dead, and Sonia Brownell Orwell was left as sole heir to his literary estate. Biographers of George Orwell have since accused his widow of being an...
Feb 18, 2020 · Learn about the life and legacy of Sonia Brownell, George Orwell's wife, through letters, photographs and objects from the Orwell Archive. Hosted by Orwell's biographer D. J. Taylor and other experts, this event is part of the Orwell Memorial Lecture series.
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