Eileen av Sylvia Topp

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<p><b>Zelda, Nora, Vera, and now Eileen – this is the story of George Orwell''s first wife, a woman who shaped, supported and even saved the life of one of twentieth century''s greatest writers.</b></p><p><span>This is the never-before-told story of George Orwell''s first wife, Eileen, a woman who shaped, supported, and even saved the life of one of the twentieth century''s greatest writers. </span><br></p><p><span>In 1934, Eileen O''Shaughnessy''s futuristic poem, ''End of the Century, 1984'', was published. The next year, she would meet George Orwell, then known as Eric Blair, at a party. ''Now that is the kind of girl I would like to marry!'' he remarked that night. Years later, Orwell would name his greatest work, <i>Nineteen Eighty-Four</i>, in homage to the memory of Eileen, the woman who shaped his life and his art in ways that have never been acknowledged by history, until now.</span></p><p><span>From the time they spent in a tiny village tending goats and chickens,