Book Details
Format
Paperback
Pages
420
Language
English
Published
Mar 1, 2019
Publisher
Independently published
ISBN-10
1798265885
ISBN-13
9781798265888
Description
The thrill of reading Virginia Woolf's Orlando is the feeling of looking into a whirlpool just as something utterly extraordinary materializes for the first time: an exhilarating hallucination of surreal and beautiful images that remain in memory long after you put the book down. Orlando has it all: life, death, immortality, homoerotic desire, and the evanescence of time. Love, fear, solitude, death, and time-travel-the subjects float by like parasols in the rain. Orlando can be found on countless lists of the finest novels of the 20th century, and is one of Virginia Woolf's major achievements. It is considered one of her greatest works after Mrs. Dalloway and To The Lighthouse.
Genres
Romance
Science Fiction
Thriller & Suspense
Children’s
Biography
Action & Adventure
History
LGBTQ+
Humor
Business & Economics
Philosophy
Fantasy
Manga
Graphic Novels
Poetry
Art & Photography
Classics
Contemporary
Nature
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This was quite possibly one of the most thought-provoking and interesting books I've ever read. I will admit it took me a little while to get into it. I initially struggled with the biographical style Woolf employed and had to put the book down fir a good while, hence the docked star. However once i was back into it, i finished it in a day. I do have to celebrate this book mostly due to how happy this book made me whilst reading it. Its joyful and romantic description of Orlando's world in turn gave me a far greater appreciation of my own surroundings and experiences, which i shall be forever grateful for. Overall a very good book, just a bit challenging to jump straight into.
July 7th 2026
