What I’m Reading: “Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life” by Anna Funder

I’m reporting early on Wifedom, by Anna Funder (published in 1923) — just a month after the Just Arrived post, in fact, which may be close to a record for reading and posting.

Wifedom, as I noted then, constitutes “an exploration of the life of Eileen O’Shaughnessy, who married Eric Blair — better known to most of us by his penname of George Orwell.” I also quoted the book’s back cover, which indicates that Anna Funder was exploring the writing and life of George Orwell, when she realized that...