Orlando (Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Adeline Virginia Stephen
- First Published: 1928
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy
- Time of Work: The sixteenth to the twentieth centuries
- Setting: London and its environs and Constantinople
- Principal Characters: Orlando, Queen Elizabeth I, Princess Marousha Stanislovska Dagmar Matasha Iliana Romanovitch, Nicholas Greene, Archduchess Harriet Griselda, Marmaduke Bonthrop Shelmerdine
- Genres: Long fiction, Bildungsroman, Historical fiction, Satire, Biographical fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: History, Sex or sexuality, Twentieth century, Gender roles, Authors or writers, Nineteenth century, Literature, Poetry or poets, England or English people, Feminism, Women’s issues, Eighteenth century, Seventeenth century, Wit or humor, Aristocracy or aristocrats, Sixteenth century, Women’s rights, Androgyny, Nobility, Turkey or Turkish people, Royal courts or courtiers, Oak
- Locales: London, England, Constantinople
Form and Content
The genesis for Virginia Woolf’s Orlando: A Biography came about in an hour. The author recalls wanting to create a historical work outlining all of her friends in a single work. The idea of writing a biography appealed to her. It follows the title character over four centuries, touching on the social, political, and literary tastes of each. Woolf is able to poke fun at the foibles of passing generations, reflect on time, and comment on the schism between men and women.
Orlando is introduced as a sixteen-year-old English lad during the reign of...
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