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Orlando; a biography, by Virginia Woolf
3 de jul. de 2006 · "Undoubtedly Virginia Woolf’s most intense and one of the most singular (novels) of our era."--Jorge Luis Borges Begun as a "joke," Orlando is Virginia Woolf's fantastical biography of a poet who first appears as a sixteen-year-old boy at the court of Elizabeth I, and is left at the novel's end a married woman in the year 1928.
31 de jul. de 2012 · In any case, I do consider this novel --or pseudo biography-- to be a masterpiece, a book that, despite being more than a hundred years old, has a lot to say about gender roles and class differences that should resonate with contemporary readers. Addictive, intriguing and undeniably weird, 'Orlando' is one for the ages. Truly memorable.
Orlando: A Biography (English Edition) eBook Kindle. Virginia Woolf’s Orlando ‘The longest and most charming love letter in literature’, playfully constructs the figure of Orlando as the fictional embodiment of Woolf’s close friend and lover, Vita Sackville-West. Spanning three centuries, the novel opens as Orlando, a young nobleman in ...
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(Book 675 From 1001 Books) - Orlando = Orlando: A Biography, Virginia Woolf Orlando: A Biography is a novel by Virginia Woolf, first published on 11 October 1928. A high-spirited romp inspired by the tumultuous family history of Woolf's lover and close friend, the aristocratic poet and novelist Vita Sackville-West, it is arguably one of Woolf's most popular novels: a history of English literature.
Virginia Woolf and Orlando Background. Orlando, Virginia Woolf's sixth major novel, is a fantastic historical biography, which spans almost 400 years in the lifetime of its protagonist. The novel was conceived as a "writer's holiday" from more structured and demanding novels. Woolf allowed neither time nor gender to constrain her writing.
Full Title: Orlando: A Biography; When Written: 1927-1928 Where Written: London, England When Published: 1928 Literary Period: Modernism Genre: Historical Fiction; Experimental Biography Setting: London and Constantinople, spanning from the 16th to the 20th century Climax: October 11, 1928, when Orlando wakes at 10:00 a.m. to “the present ...
