Eileen O'Shaughnessy

Eileen O'Shaughnessy

Eileen Maud O'Shaughnessy (25 September 1905 – 29 March 1945) was the first wife of British writer George Orwell. O'Shaughnessy was born in South Shields, County Durham, in the north-east of England, the only daughter of Marie O'Shaughnessy and Lawrence O'Shaughnessy, who was a customs collector. Despite being very close to her older brother Lawrence, a distinguished thoracic surgeon, in a letter to a friend she described him as "one of nature's Fascists".

Read more about Eileen O'Shaughnessy:  Education and Early Life, Marriage To Orwell, Death, Influence On Orwell's Writing