K
by H
About This Novel
Woolf's masterpiece, a fictional biography of a great androgynous soul, a feminist classic, and a shocking work about "The Second Sex" from a literary perspective. A strange book that influenced Marquez, Borges, and Janet Vincent. The story of "Orlando" begins in the Elizabethan era in the 16th century and ends in the "present day" when Woolf wrote in 1928, lasting four hundred years. Orlando was originally an aristocratic and beautiful boy, innocent and infatuated with poetry. He entered the court because he was favored by the queen. After King James ascends the throne, the Great Frost comes. Orlando encounters a Russian princess and falls in love, but suffers a double betrayal of literature and love. After a fire in Constantinople, Orlando became a woman and first mingled among the Gypsies, then returned to England and became a noble lady of high society. Entering the Victorian era, Orlando had no choice but to compromise with the spirit of the times in order to continue writing. At the end of the story, Orlando is already a prize-winning poet in the 20th century. She returns to the mansion that runs throughout the book and comes under the big oak tree to review her eternal pursuit of literature and poetry.
What Readers Think
Rating
Community(0)
Rating
Community(0)
