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3.87. 92,431 ratings7,857 reviews. 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.
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Orlando was a contemporary success, both critically and financially, and guaranteed the Woolfs' financial stability. It was generally viewed not just as high literature, but as a gossipy novel about Sackville-West. However, the New York Times review of the book acknowledged the importance of the work as an experiment into new forms ...
- Virginia Woolf
- 134
- 1928
- 11 October 1928
12 de fev. de 2017 · An epic novel, it follows the journey of one character, Orlando, over the course of about 350 years (1588 – 1928). It is a biography not of any one character, but of the nature and history of gender, identity, and sexuality through time.
9 de nov. de 2023 · ‘Orlando, My Political Biography’ Review: A Collective Approach to Joy The filmmaker Paul B. Preciado shares the title role with 20 trans and nonbinary performers to make a point about the ...
13 de mai. de 2020 · Review: New edition of Orlando. Karina Jakubowicz writes about a scholarly edition of Orlando from Cambridge University Press. Orlando: A Biography. The Cambridge Critical Edition of the Works of Virginia Woolf. Edited by Suzanne Raitt and Ian Blyth.
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Overview. Orlando, a novel by English author Virginia Woolf was published in 1928 and is a fictional biography of the immortal Orlando who begins life as a young nobleman in Elizabethan England and later transforms into a woman. The novel is a satirical examination of gender roles and a commentary on the fluidity of identity.