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Time-traveling protagonist explores love, identity, and freedom.

This book is a must-read for anyone who is fascinated by the exploration of love, identity, and the freedom to be oneself. Virginia Woolf takes us on an extraordinary journey through time as we follow Orlando, a character who defies boundaries of gender and time. The book delves deep into themes of self-discovery, challenging societal norms, and the eternal search for happiness. With its stunning prose and imaginative storytelling, Orlando is a captivating and thought-provoking read that will leave you questioning the constructs of society and the true essence of individuality.

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ISBN: 9780141188294
Authors: Virginia Woolf
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date of Publication: 2006-01-26
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Fantasy, Historical Fiction
Goodreads rating: 3.87
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Virginia Woolf's Orlando 'The longest and most charming love letter in literature', playfully constructs the figure of Orlando as the fictional embodiment of Woolf's close friend and lover, Vita Sackville-West. Spanning three centuries, the novel opens as Orlando, a young nobleman in Elizabeth's England, awaits a visit from the Queen and traces his experience with first love as England under James I lies locked in the embrace of the Great Frost. At the midpoint of the novel, Orlando, now an ambassador in Constantinople, awakes to find that he is a woman, and the novel indulges in farce and irony to consider the roles of women in the 18th and 19th centuries. As the novel ends in 1928, a year consonant with full suffrage for women. Orlando, now a wife and mother, stands poised at the brink of a future that holds new hope and promise for women.
 

Time-traveling protagonist explores love, identity, and freedom.

This book is a must-read for anyone who is fascinated by the exploration of love, identity, and the freedom to be oneself. Virginia Woolf takes us on an extraordinary journey through time as we follow Orlando, a character who defies boundaries of gender and time. The book delves deep into themes of self-discovery, challenging societal norms, and the eternal search for happiness. With its stunning prose and imaginative storytelling, Orlando is a captivating and thought-provoking read that will leave you questioning the constructs of society and the true essence of individuality.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.