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Orlando: A Biography by Virginia Woolf

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Orlando: A Biography Quotes
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(1928) is a novel by Virginia Woolf ; Woolf called it a biography, and intended it as the first of a new genre breaking barriers between fiction and non-fiction. He — for there could be no doubt of his sex, though the fashion of the time did...


Author Biography

Name: Virginia Stephen Woolf
Birth Date: January 25, 1882
Death Date: March 28, 1941
Place of Birth: London, England
Place of Death: Lewes, Sussex, England
Nationality: English
Gender: Female
Occupations: novelist, critic, essayist

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Biography of Virginia Stephen Woolf
1089 words, approx. 3.6 pages
The English novelist, critic, and essayist Virginia Stephen Woolf (1882-1941) ranks as one of England's most distinguished writers of the period between World War I and World War II. Her novels can perhaps best be described as impressionistic. Dissatisfi...
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Biography of Virginia Stephen Woolf
10617 words, approx. 35.4 pages
The writings of Virginia Woolf have always been admired by discriminating readers, but her work has suffered, as has that of many other major authors, periods of neglect by the literary establishment. She was, as she herself put it, always a hare a long...
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Biography of (Adeline) Virginia Woolf
9348 words, approx. 31.2 pages
The writings of Virginia Woolf have always been admired by discriminating readers, but her work has suffered, as has that of many other major authors, periods of neglect by the literary establishment. She was, as she herself put it, always a hare a long...
 


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Orlando: A Biography Information
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Orlando is an influential novel by Virginia Woolf, first published on 11 October 1928. A semi-biographical novel based in part on the life of Woolf's intimate friend Vita Sackville-West, it is generally considered one Woolf's most accessible novels. The...


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The Washington Post
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03/11/2001: 1,197 words, approx. 4 pages
Continued from page 1 Experiments with Truth." No dictionary imbues truth with the depth of meaning Gandhi gave it. His truth emerged from his convictions: It meant not only what was accurate but what was just and therefore right. Truth could not be...
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The Washington Post
Biographies
05/09/1999: 1,668 words, approx. 6 pages
Sexual politics is the theme here, from mothers and sons in the '90s to women's health at the turn of the century; and from the dramas of Princess Di and Empress Josephine to that of another queen -- Sarah Bernhardt. Among the preponderance of...


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Harold Skulsky
11,582 words, approx. 39 pages
In the following excerpt, Skulsky examines Orlando's transformation from male to female.
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Critical Essay by James Naremore
8,521 words, approx. 28 pages
In the following excerpt, Naremore discusses Wool's attempt in Orlando to devise a new type of biography that evokes personality through a combination of fact and fiction.
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Critical Essay by Jean Guiguet
7,404 words, approx. 25 pages
In the following excerpt, Guiguet draws on Woolf's diary entries to examine her intentions in writing Orlando and to assess the significance of the novel to her literary development.
 
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Essay Grade: 100%
Orlando
1,256 words, approx. 4 pages
An analytical look at Virginia Woolf's book and character, Orlando.


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