Written for Virginia Woolf's intimate friend, the charismatic, bisexual, writer Vita Sackville-West, Orlando is a playful mock 'biography' of a chameleon-like historical figure who changes sex and identity at will. First masculine, then feminine, Orlando begins life as a young sixteenth-century nobleman, then gallops through three centuries to end up as a woman writer in Virginia Woolf's present day. A wry commentary on gender roles and modes of history, Orlando is also, in Woolf's own words, a light-hearted 'writer's holiday' which delights in its ambiguity and capriciousness.
Fantasy, lover offering, exuberant celebration of English life and literature, ORLANDO is a uniquely entertaining novel. Originally conceived by Virginia Woolf as a playful tribute to Vita Sackville - West, ORLANDO's central character lives both as a man and a woman through four centuries. With an introduction by Quentin Bell, this definitive edition contains the original Hogarth Press text as overseen by the author, the illustrations which appeared in the first edition of ORLANDO in 1928, and a list of textual variants that appeared during her lifetime.
Outwardly a novel about life in a country-house in whose grounds there is to be a pageant, "Between the Acts" is also a striking evocation of English experience in the months leading up to the Second World War. Through dialogue, humour and the passionate musings of the characters, Virginia Woolf explores how a community is formed (and scattered) over time. The pageant, a series of scenes from English history, and the private dramas that go on between the acts, are closely interlinked. Through the figure of Miss La Trobe, and author of the pageant, Virginia Woolf questions imperialist assumptions and, at the same time, re-creates the elusive role of the artist.
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L'última novel·la que va escriure Virginia Woolf, acabada pocs mesos abans de suïcidar-se. L'autora la considerava la seva novel·la més ambiciosa i és una porta d'entrada excel·lent a l'obra de Woolf
This feminist essay, originally published in 1929, explores the conditions necessary for women to write fictionnamely, financial independence and a private space. Woolf critiques patriarchal literary traditions and imagines the silenced voices of women throughout history.
