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Orlando

By Virginia Woolf
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Orlando by Virginia Woolf is a unique and imaginative tale that follows the protagonist, Orlando, across centuries of British history, beginning in the Elizabethan era. Orlando astonishingly changes sex from man to woman and experiences life from both perspectives. The story blends historical commentary with magical realism, exploring themes of gender, identity, and the fluidity of time.
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This fascinating novel might appeal to you if you enjoy exploring themes of gender fluidity, identity, and the passage of time. Set over several centuries, it combines historical fiction with magical realism as it follows the intriguing life of a character living through different ages and experiences. Known for its wit and innovative narrative style, it offers a mesmerising journey through history and personal transformation.

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A playful mock 'biography' of a chameleonic historical figure, written for Virginia Woolf's intimate friend Vita Sackville-West.

Orlando has always been an outsider... His longing for passion, adventure and fulfilment takes him out of his own time. Chasing a dream through the centuries, he bounds from Elizabethan England and imperial Turkey to the modern world.

Will he find happiness with the exotic Russian Princess Sasha? Or is the dashing explorer Shelmerdine the ideal man? And what form will Orlando take on the journey - a nobleman, traveller, writer? Man or... woman?

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Virginia Woolf's Orlando is praised for its imaginative structure and genre-defying narrative. Tilda Swinton finds it a personal journey that blurs the boundaries between biography and autobiography. Jeanette Winterson describes it as a work unconstrained by historical or societal limits, while The Times Literary Supplement highlights its vibrant and witty nature.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241371961

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 March 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

  • Introduction by Sandra Gilbert
  • Edited by Brenda Lyons

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 19.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 247g

Pages: 336

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About the Author

Virginia Woolf, born in 1882, was the major novelist at the heart of the inter-war Bloomsbury Group. Her early novels include The Voyage Out, Night and Day and Jacob's Room. Between 1925 and 1931 she produced her finest masterpieces, including Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, Orlando and the experimental The Waves. Her later novels include The Years and Between the Acts, and she also maintained an astonishing output of literary criticism, journalism and biography, including the passionate feminist essay A Room of One's Own. Suffering from depression, she drowned herself in the River Ouse in 1941.

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