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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.
Nov 8, 2022 · Orlando a biography by Virginia Woolf. Publication date 1928 Collection internetarchivebooks Contributor Internet Archive Language English. Addeddate 2022-11-08 14:02:02 Autocrop_version 0.0.14_books-20220331-0.2 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA40760312 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier urn:lcp:orlandobiography0000virg:lcpdf:865b23fd-3850-4995-8f24-ad735c588749 ...
Orlando's father, or perhaps his grandfather, had struck it from the shoulders of a vast Pagan who had started up under the moon in the barbarian fields of Africa; and now it swung, gently, perpetually, in the breeze which never ceased blowing through the attic rooms of the gigantic house of the lord who had slain him.
As his tale begins, Orlando is a passionate sixteen-year-old nobleman whose days are spent in rowdy revelry, filled with the colorful delights of Queen Elizabeth I’s court. By the close,...
Orlando is a biography written about a fictitious character, Orlando, which was inspired by Virginia's real-life friend and lover Vita Sackville-West. The story spans over 400 years where Orlando's life changes from man to woman, from century to century.
Oct 24, 1973 · In 1928, way before everyone else was talking about gender-bending and way, way before the terrific movie with Tilda Swinton, Virginia Woolf wrote her comic masterpiece, a fantastic, fanciful love letter disguised as a biography, to Vita Sackville-West.
Orlando tells the tale of an extraordinary individual who lives through centuries of English history, first as a man, then as a woman; of his/her encounters with queens, kings, novelists,...
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...
Mar 4, 2020 · Orlando : a biography. by. Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941. Publication date. 1964. Publisher. London : Hogarth Press. Collection. marygrovecollege; internetarchivebooks; americana; printdisabled.
Sep 11, 2020 · Orlando is a fictional biography of a person called Orlando who lives over three hundred years from Queen Elizabeth's reign in the sixteenth century through to King Edwards reign in 1928, the year Virginia Woolf wrote the novel.
