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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 .

   • 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 · Sonia's was a beauty of the jaw-dropping variety; even Michael Shelden, happy to write her off as calculating and bossy in his 1991 ''George Orwell,'' pronounced her ''indeed attractive -- she had ...

4. www.theguardian.com › 19 › georgeorwellDedicated follower of passions | George Orwell | The Guardian

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   May 19, 2002 · Allen Lane, Penguin Press £12.99, pp160. Best remembered for having married George Orwell on his death-bed, and as the inspiration for the fearless, bossy Julia in 1984 , Sonia Orwell remains ...

5. www.theguardian.com › books › 2002Was Orwell's widow a gold-digger? | Biography books | The ...

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   Jul 15, 2002 · Orwell died in 1950, leaving everything to his wife of three months, Sonia. By 1980, when she died, these titles alone had sold 30 million. Yet Sonia died in a grotty bedsit, without money to pay ...

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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 know Mrs Orwell?

   • In her first line, she acknowledges having come to know Mrs. Orwell in the early 1970's. Only in her last chapter does she reveal the extent of their relationship. Sonia was godmother to Spurling's daughter. It was in Spurling's home that Sonia read the page proofs of one of the offending Orwell biographies. Spurling arranged Sonia's funeral.

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   Did Sonia Brownell marry Orwell?

   • Sonia Brownell, a beautiful young woman, married Orwell, a dying middle-aged man, on his deathbed in University College hospital, London. The marriage was never consummated. Why did she do it? Money, say the blackwashers.

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   Why does Spurling remember Sonia Orwell?

   • But Spurling has another reason to commemorate her old friend. She is not alone in feeling that Sonia Orwell has been maligned in the years since her death as an obstructive and grasping widow who shamefully exploited her control of Orwell's estate.

   She knew them all | George Orwell | The Guardian

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

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   Aug 16, 2023 · A previous version of this article misidentified the woman in the top photo as George Orwell’s first wife, Eileen. She is his second wife, Sonia. The photo of Sonia Orwell has been removed from ...

8. 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’s critics are legion. According to them, she married purely for the most venal of reasons: money and fame. They point out that, though legally “Mrs. Sonia Blair” (George Orwell was the ...

9. www.theguardian.com › 25 › georgeorwellShe knew them all | George Orwell | The Guardian

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   May 25, 2002 · The Girl from the Fiction Department Hilary Spurling 208pp, Hamish Hamilton, £9.99 . This short book is a work of rescue on two counts. Sonia Orwell, the widow for 30 years of George Orwell, is ...