About this title: Based on the life of Vita Sackville-West, a close friend of the author, this novel pays tribute to their passionate friendship. At the beginning of the book Orlando is a young, melancholic, poetry-writing nobleman in the Elizabethan Age; it ends in 1928, when Orlando is a modern, poetry-writing matron of 36.
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Description: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: SOME ] [ Writing: SOME ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] Publisher: Harcourt Pub Date: 5/1/1993 Binding: Paperback Pages: 333. read more
Description: New. 0156031515 NEVER USED! This book has never been read. There are no highlights, No pen marks, No missing pages. The binding is sturdy. This book may have slight shelf wear. Tracking information provided for all orders. Orders over $49.99 will receive an upgrade from standard to priority mail. Customer satisfaction guaranteed! ! read more
"This book was really intersting to read and I loved the early chapters that took place in the time of Shakespeare. It was an interesting commentary on literture through time and had some fascinating characters. It kind of lost me at the end, however, as she was clearly heading towards present day at the end. It felt a bit rushed. I have to say that I liked Orlando better as a man, although sometimes as a woman, but she got a bit fluffy headed at times, but I suppose that this was probably supposed to be a commentary on women (as it was written several decades ago). I did really like how he/she did not seem much concerned about changing sexes or living 100s of years. It was really fascinating to think about how someone born to have these things happen to them might see them as normal. Overall a mixed review, but worth reading."
"Follow the adventures of Orlando, shape-shifting through the centuries across England's often war-ravaged landscape, and learn what it means to be a womanly man, and a manly woman.
Woolf herself once famously commented on this, believing as she did that it was impossible for a writer to successfully write "the other" without having explored the depth of the other in him- or herself.
It's the easiest to read of all the books Woolf wrote, because the narrative thread is shot through it like a rich vein of gold. The prose is, as usual for Woolf, evocative, filled with images that stay in the mind longer after the pages are turned and the book replaced on the shelf.
It's a love story. It's a delight. And for all the fantasy, it rings ever so true, right up to today."
"What a neat book! I was sucked in immediately and the whitewater-flow this story is carried on never slowed and never diminished in its purpose to evolve this character, Orlando.
I felt this story was dreamlike and I sometimes became confused and even disappointed with the lack of a crucial (I felt) detail, such as Orlando's views on somehow living for 400 years, the impetus for the change in sex, and how she felt about motherhood. I was soon reminded, however, that this was a biography, not a memoir or a traditional novel (whatever that means), and that these could have been supposed to be lost in time and not experienced by Orlando's biographer. With those re-realizations, I loved the book even more.
I was so pleased that Orlando returned to the oak tree as a full human being of essentially both sexes and multiple ages. I was left with a feeling of balance and a bit of suspense, being that the book ends with her richness still alive and well at present (1929). What would Orlando have brought with her to the present time today? Thinking of it this way transforms Orlando from a mere character to a true legend, changeling, and "angel".
Lastly, I was overjoyed by the pictures. Not since The Club Dumas have I read a novel that incorporates photos of its characters chronologically and cleverly so that it completely enriches the experience."
"I could not get enough of the language. this surprised me a little, I'll admit -- I had, somewhere along the line, gotten the impression this would be unpleasant, difficult to plow through, and opaque. none of the above, not even a little bit.
one thing, though -- I was more interested in the passage of time than, perhaps, I was supposed to be. I would intermittently think to myself "hey. I thought it was the 1700s?" if you're going to write a book in which time is meant to be so bizarre, you've got to make it damn well clear to the reader when things are happening. otherwise, it's just a peculiar surprise every now and then when orlando meets the new queen or begins driving a car."
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