Was George Orwell's monstrous behavior responsible for his wife's death?

Recently, there has been much discussion of the artist “in her own right.” The obituaries for Françoise Gilot describe an artist “in her own right,” as well as a lover to Picasso. A new book on painter Gwen John focuses on her work while she is remembered as a lover of Rodin. Painter Ceila Paul’s two books, “Self-Portrait” and “Letters to Gwen John,” grapple with her identity as a painter in addition to being the lover of... + full article