Virginia Woolf's exuberant `biography' tells the story of the cross-dressing, sex-changing Orlando who begins life as a young noble in the sixteenth century and moves through numerous historical and geographical worlds to finish as a modern woman writer in the 1920s. The book is in part a happy tribute to the `life' that her love for Vita Sackville-West had breathed into Virginia Woolf's own day-to-day existence; it is also Woolf's light-hearted and light-handed teasing out of the assumptions that lie behind the normal conventions for writing about a fictional or historical life.
In this novel, Virginia Woolf plays loose and fast: Orlando uncovers a literary and sexual revolution overnight. 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.
| ISBN: | 9780199536597 |
| Publication date: | 12th June 2008 |
| Author: | Virginia Woolf |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press an imprint of Oxford Paperbacks |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 416 pages |
| Series: | Oxford World's Classics |
| Primary Genre | Classic fiction: general and literary |
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Virginia Woolf's exuberant `biography' tells the story of the cross-dressing, sex-changing Orlando who begins life as a young noble in the sixteenth century and moves through numerous historical and geographical worlds to finish as a modern woman writer in the 1920s. The book is in part a happy tribute to the `life' that her love for Vita Sackville-West had breathed into Virginia Woolf's own day-to-day existence; it is also Woolf's light-hearted and light-handed teasing out of the assumptions that lie behind the normal conventions for writing about a fictional or historical life.
Orlando features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary, Historical Fiction, Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction, General Fiction, Fiction
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Orlando was written by Virginia Woolf and published by Oxford University Press an imprint of Oxford Paperbacks
Orlando has 416 pages
Yes it is part of Oxford World's Classics series
