This ambitious retelling from Julia's point of view gives Winston Smith's lover the agency she lacked For decades, feminists have been pointing out undeniable limitations to George Orwell's work and life. As Deirdre Beddoe put it nearly 40 years ago, he was "totally blind" to the role that women "were and are forced to play", and this insight is now being vividly fleshed out by other writers. Anna Funder's recent Wifedom was a fascinating exploration of what it might have meant for Orwell's wife...
This ambitious retelling from Julia's point of view gives Winston Smith's lover the agency she lacked For decades, feminists have been pointing out undeniable limitations to George Orwell's work and life. As Deirdre Beddoe put it nearly 40 years ago, he was "totally blind" to the role that women "were and are forced to play", and this insight is now being vividly fleshed out by other writers. Anna Funder's recent Wifedom was a fascinating exploration of what it might have meant for Orwell's wife...
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