Orlando A Biography
Orlando A Biography by Virginia Woolf, published by Penguin Books in 2011, is a unique exploration of identity and gender. This edition spans 272 pages and is presented in English. The book is a playful mock ‘biography’ written for Woolf’s friend, Vita Sackville-West, featuring a historical figure who fluidly changes sex and identity. Beginning as a young nobleman in the sixteenth century, Orlando traverses time, ultimately becoming a woman writer in Woolf’s own era.
Readers will find a wry commentary on gender roles and historical narratives within these pages. The narrative’s capriciousness and ambiguity serve as a light-hearted reflection on the complexities of identity. This edition is part of a series showcasing five of Woolf’s major works, designed to appeal to both new and returning readers of her fiction and classics.
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A brand new series of five of Woolf’s major works, in beautifully designed hardback editions.
Written for Virginia Woolf’s intimate friend, the charismatic, bisexual writers Vita Sackville-West, Orlando is a playful mock ‘biography’ of a chameleon-like historical figure who changes sex and identity at will. First masculine, then feminine, Orlando begins life as a young sixteenth-century nobleman, then gallops through the centuries to end up as a woman writer in Virginia Woolf’s own time.
A wry commentary on gender roles and modes of history, Orlando is also, in Woolf’s own words, a light-hearted ‘writer’s holiday’ which delights in its ambiguity and capriciousness.
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