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Title: Orlando: A Biography by Virginia Woolf ISBN: 0-15-670160-X Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: May, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.58 (24 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A wild tromp through literary history
Comment: Orlando is simply wonderful. In the novel, Woolf uses the character of Orlando, a person who lives through four centuries as man sometimes and woman sometimes. The term biography might throw you, since Orlando is no normal biography. Woolf personifies literary thought as a person (hence the timelessness and gender changing capability). She depicts Elizabethan times through the early twentieth century with wit and sarcasm. The more that you've read of English literature from Shakespeare forward the more you will catch the little jokes and the reason for why certain things happen. A very enjoyable read. The film version is not exactly the same, so I recommend sticking to the book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Masterful, Genius, "Orlando" Has It All
Comment: "Orlando" served as my sweeping introduction to the incredible writing of Virginia Woolf. (For anyone who has seen the movie, do yourself a favor, and read this amazing book!) One is forced to wonder what sort of genius mind Woolf possessed; only a mind of the finest tuning could have produced such a work! "Orlando" is truly representative of superior literature and demonstrates the art of writing at its finest! No review does the novel justice...any topic imaginable is covered..of course, all is reviewed from the standpoint of five passing centuries and multiple backdrops ranging from the exotic to the droll. Woolf's treatment of sexuality, intelligence, consciousness, time, and the human psyche is poignant. "Orlando" is definitely worth the read. No matter the reader, "Orlando" is sure to be an unforgettable novel, its author's genius surely to be admired.
Rating: 5
Summary: good to eat
Comment: Orlando is a mock biography of a woman born a man, spanning from sometime in 1500 to 1928. Why? How? Of course, we don't know. This is just a biography, and the biographer just tells the truth as it's been recorded. Orlando was a man to the age of 30, and from then on has been a woman (after all, a court of law proved it).
While being funny in its absurdity, the plot lets Woolf comment on the development of literature through the ages, the (humorous) differences between men and women, how human nature has really changed very little, and the constant struggle of every writer to express themselves (and failing utterly). All handled with the wit and style of Virginia Woolf in all her erudition and insight.
If you're going to read Virginia Woolf, this is the work to start with. The writing is standard prose most of the way through, with only a few moments of stream of consciousness; making it one of her most accessible works. Orlando is so so good to eat.
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Title: Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf ISBN: 0156628708 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 24 September, 1990 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf, Mary Gordon ISBN: 0156787334 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: December, 1989 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: The Waves by Virginia Woolf ISBN: 0156949601 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: June, 1978 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, Eudora Welty (Introduction) ISBN: 0156907399 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: December, 1989 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Moments of Being: Second Edition by Virginia Woolf, Jeanne Schulkind ISBN: 0156619180 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: August, 1985 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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