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    Quick Guide: Orlando
    Quick Guide: Orlando
    Quick Guide: Orlando
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    Quick Guide: Orlando

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    “Orlando” by Virginia Woolf is subtitled “A Biography.” It was first published on 11th of October in 1928.

    It happens to be a semi-biographical novel. The story is based in part on the life of Virginia Woolf’s lover Vita Sackville West.

    “Orlando” is often said to be Virginia Woolf’s most accessible novels. It is considered highly influential statistically, and it is evaluated as important in literature generally.

    The book is highly significant in the history of women’s writing and gender studies. It has been prescribed in the course of study in many schools and colleges around the world where students study English Literature.

    Quick Guide: Orlando
    Copyright
    Chapter One: Introduction
    Chapter Two: Plot Overview
    Chapter Three: Characters
    Chapter Four: Complete Summary
    Chapter Five: Critical Analysis

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRaja Sharma
    Release dateNov 2, 2013
    ISBN9781310871962
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      Chapter One: Introduction

      Orlando by Virginia Woolf is subtitled A Biography. It was first published on 11th of October in 1928.

      It happens to be a semi-biographical novel. The story is based in part on the life of Virginia Woolf’s lover Vita Sackville West.

      Orlando is often said to be Virginia Woolf’s most accessible novels. It is considered highly influential statistically, and it is evaluated as important in literature generally.

      The book is highly significant in the history of women’s writing and gender studies. It has been prescribed in the course of study in many schools and colleges around the world where students study English Literature.

      Orlando has been adapted into several theatrical productions. In the year 1989, director Robert Wilson and writer Darryl Pinckney collaborated and adapted Orlando for a theatrical production.

      In the year 1992, it was also made into a film. Tilda Swinton played the role of Orlando and Quentin Crisp became Queen Elizabeth I in the movie.

      In the year 2010, Orlando was once again adapted for stage by Sarah Ruhl. The play premiered in New York City.

      Orlando is the sixth major novel written by Virginia Woolf. It happens to be a fantastic historical biography which covers the time period of 400 years in the lifetime of the protagonist.

      Orlando is often conceived as a writer’s holiday from more structured and demanding writings. It was a kind of reprieve for the author, a kind of holiday, a venture into the world that was totally different from the conventional world of a writer she was accustomed to.

      Virginia Woolf is found to be totally free from the constrains of time or gender in this novel.

      Orlando, the protagonist of the novel, changes gender from man to woman at the age of thirty six.

      Orlando is a pseudo biography that satirizes more traditional Victorian biographies which mostly pay more attention to facts and truths in their subjects’ lives.

      It is possible that the novel may have been intended to be a satire or a holiday, but it deals very significantly with the issues of gender, self-knowledge, and truth with the signature poetic style that Virginia Woolf is known for.

      Chapter Two: Plot Overview

      The novel opens with a story that is told by the protagonist. Orlando starts telling the story of a young man named Orlando.

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