Orlando - Virginia Woolf - Books - Aziloth Books - 9781907523687 - November 10, 2010
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Orlando

Virginia Woolf

Orlando

'Orlando' is a historical fantasy in which the eponymous hero remains alive for over three centuries, but ages physically just 36 years. Over this huge span of time, Orlando has many strange adventures, chief among them being his sex-change from a man to a woman. Woolf uses this bizarre and intriguing notion to examine many aspects of human existence: the difference between fact and imagination; the utility of poetry and art; how humans conform to whatever civilization of group they find themselves in; and (a central theme of the book) the gender roles which society imposes so unjustly upon men and women, when - in Woolf's view - the two sexes have in reality very similar dreams and aspirations.


134 pages, black & white illustrations

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released November 10, 2010
ISBN13 9781907523687
Publishers Aziloth Books
Pages 134
Dimensions 156 × 225 × 8 mm   ·   190 g
Language English  

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