Orlando - A Biography (Paperback)

from Othemts

A fantastic novel in which a young courtier from the time of Elizabeth magically lives for four centuries without aging, even more magically changing sex from man to woman halfway through. This humorous book satirizes the politics of all the eras Orlando lives through, and more so challenges the ...

from stunik

. . character liberated from the restraints of time and sex. Born in the Elizabethan agte to wealth and position, Orlando is a lusty young nobleman at the beginning of the story and three centuries later a modern woman. the hero-heroine sees monarchs come and go, hobnobs with the great literary f...

from Ghost_Boy

This is what I call Woolf's out of place novel because it's not at all like her other books. For one she never wrote fantasies and two she rarely wrote comedies. She wrote outside of her element. Yet she uses her common themes such as feminism and bisexuality. What I find the most astounding in t...

from nmhale

This was the first novel by Woolf that I read, and her masterful skill with words held my attention, which is impressive, considering that the plot of this story begins with Orlando, a young boy, and ends hundreds of years later with Orlando, a mature woman. Orlando, the same person. Woolf offers...

from jonbrammer

Notes on Orlando Magical realism - feels like Marquez The sweep of history married to the poetic descriptions of the moment, the impressionistic (third person) experience of the moment. Woolf's most incongruous novel. Fits a lot (maybe too much) into its modest frame. Commentary on history and l...