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Orlando: A Biography is a novel by Virginia Woolf, first published on 11 October 1928. Inspired by the tumultuous family history of the aristocratic poet and novelist Vita Sackville-West , Woolf's lover and close friend, it is arguably one of her most popular novels; Orlando is a history of English literature in satiric form.
- Virginia Woolf
- 134
- 1928
- 11 October 1928
Mar 22, 2024 · Orlando, novel by Virginia Woolf, published in 1928. The fanciful biographical novel pays homage to the family of Woolf’s friend Vita Sackville-West from the time of her ancestor Thomas Sackville (1536–1608) to the family’s country estate at Knole. The manuscript of the book, a present from Woolf
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Sep 20, 2022 · Alamy. Sally Potter's adaptation of Virginia Woolf's classic novel – the film marking its 30th anniversary this year – starred Tilda Swinton as a time-travelling, sex-changing figure. It was...
Orlando is a 1992 period fantasy drama film loosely based on Virginia Woolf's 1928 novel Orlando: A Biography, starring Tilda Swinton as Orlando, Billy Zane as Marmaduke Bonthrop Shelmerdine, and Quentin Crisp as Queen Elizabeth I.
- $13 million
- David Motion, Sally Potter
- $4 million
- Christopher Sheppard
In Woolf’s novel Orlando: A Biography, the protagonist, Orlando, a writer who lives from Elizabethan times to the present (1928), encounters various famous figures, and transitions from a man to a woman halfway through the novel.
Orlando tells the tale of an extraordinary individual who lives through centuries of English history, first as a man, then as a woman; of his/her encounters with queens, kings, novelists,...
Virginia Woolf wrote Orlando: A Biography in 1928, following the publication of acclaimed novels Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse. Orlando is dedicated to her friend and lover Vita Sackville-West, and fictionalizes the Sackville family history and Sackville-West's own flexible approach to sexuality and marriage.
