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Orlando

By Virginia Woolf
Series: Oxford World's Classics
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Orlando follows an extraordinary protagonist who lives across centuries of English history, transforming from a man to a woman. Encountering royalty, writers, and poets, Orlando seeks immortal fame not through deeds but through literature. Inspired by Woolf's relationship with Vita Sackville-West and set against the iconic Knole estate, the novel playfully challenges conventions of biography, history, and gender roles.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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Ideal for readers interested in literary fiction, gender studies, and British literary history, especially those looking to explore Virginia Woolf's innovative narrative style and themes.

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Orlando tells the tale of an extraordinary individual who lives through history first as a man, then as a woman. At its heart is the figure of Woolf's friend and lover, Vita Sackville-West, and Knole, the historic home of the Sackvilles. Orlando mocks the conventions of biography and history and wryly examines sexual double standards.

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I feel the need of an escapade after these serious poetic experimental books...I want to kick up my heels & be off.

Orlando tells the tale of an extraordinary individual who lives through centuries of English history, first as a man, then as a woman. The story spans encounters with queens, kings, novelists, playwrights, and poets, and explores a struggle to find fame and immortality not through actions, but through the written word.

At its heart are the life and works of Woolf's friend and lover, Vita Sackville-West, and Knole, the historic home of the Sackvilles. But as well as being a love letter to Vita, Orlando mocks the conventions of biography and history, teases the pretensions of contemporary men of letters, and wryly examines sexual double standards.

This new edition discusses Woolf's stylistic aims, the biographical parallels, and the work's literary context, and includes the original illustrations.

ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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Praised as an accessible introduction to Woolf, this Oxford World's Classics edition offers a superb entry point with additional scholarly features enhancing the reading experience. Reviewers highlight its appeal for those new to Woolf's work.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780199650736

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 December 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Oxford University Press

Edition: 2nd Revised edition

Illustration: 8 black and white

Contributors:

  • Edited by Michael H. Whitworth
  • Edited by Michael H. Whitworth
  • Edited by Michael H. Whitworth

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 204g

Pages: 288

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Classic Fiction Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Series: Oxford World's Classics Virginia Woolf

About the Author

Michael H. Whitworth is the author of Virginia Woolf in the OWC Authors in Context series (2005), and Reading Modernist Poetry (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010). He has contributed to the Cambridge Companion to Virginia Woolf (2000, 2/e 2010) and he is the editor of NIght and Day in the Cambridge Edition of Virginia Woolf (forthcoming).

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