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Nov 2023
57m 54s

The Handmaids' Tales

THE TLS
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This week, James Marcus goes partying with Susan Sontag and George Steiner; and Laura Beers sheds a light on Eileen O'Shaughnessy, George Orwell's first wife.


'Maestros and monsters: Days and nights with Susan Sontag and George

Steiner', by Robert Boyers

'Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's invisible life', by Anna Funder


Produced by Charlotte Pardy

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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