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The story of Orlando spans over 300 years (1588–1928). During this time, Orlando ages only thirty-six years, and changes gender from a man to a woman. This fantastic story opens with the protagonist, Orlando, a young noble boy, pretending to chop off the heads of Moors, just like his father and grandfather have done.
Orlando: A Biography is a novel by Virginia Woolf, first published on 11 October 1928. Inspired by the tumultuous family history of the aristocratic poet and novelist Vita Sackville-West , Woolf's lover and close friend, it is arguably one of her most popular novels; Orlando is a history of English literature in satiric form.
- Virginia Woolf
- 134
- 1928
- 11 October 1928
Orlando lives a lavish life surrounded by many beautiful and adoring women, but his first love is poetry. He has “the wildest, most absurd, extravagant ideas about poets and poetry,” and he is a prolific writer of prose and poetry himself, all “very long” and “abstract.”.
A concise biography of Virginia Woolf plus historical and literary context for Orlando. Orlando: Plot Summary A quick-reference summary: Orlando on a single page.
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.
Summary. The novel opens in England, where a sixteen year-old boy named Orlando is lamenting his bad luck at being too young to participate in the currently ongoing wars in France and Africa. He wishes to fight although he considers himself a poet and a lover of nature.
Orlando é um jovem inglês que nasce na Inglaterra da Idade Moderna e, durante uma estada na Turquia, simplesmente acorda mulher. A personagem é dotada de imortalidade e o livro acompanha Orlando por seus 350 anos de vida. Bem-humorado, é um dos grandes exemplares do modernismo inglês e um dos ápices da arte literária de Virginia Woolf.
