Orlando, a novel by English author Virginia Woolf was published in 1928 and is a fictional biography of the immortal Orlando who begins life as a young nobleman in Elizabethan England and later transforms into a woman. The novel is a satirical examination of gender roles and a commentary on the fluidity of identity. Woolf wrote
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Orlando, novel by Virginia Woolf, published in 1928. The fanciful biographical novel pays homage to the family of Woolf’s friend Vita Sackville-West from the time of her ancestor Thomas Sackville (1536–1608) to the family’s country estate at Knole.
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Ce sont trois siècles qu’il traverse sans encombre, dans une quête perpétuelle de liberté, à l’image de Virginia Woolf elle-même.
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Virginia Woolf's Orlando 'The longest and most charming love letter in literature', playfully constructs the figure of Orlando as the fictional embodiment of Woolf's close friend and lover, Vita Sackville-West. Spanning three centuries, the novel opens as Orlando, a young nobleman in Elizabeth's England, awaits a visit from the Queen ...
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At a party given by Lady R., whose drawing room is said to be the wellspring of intellect and genius, Orlando meets Alexander Pope, a famous poet of the 18th century, and asks him to come home with her. He does, and Orlando’s home consequently becomes the favorite meeting place of famous poets.
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Orlando : une biographie, c’est le titre d’un roman de Virginia Woolf paru en 1928. L’histoire d’une jeune courtisan anglais à la cour de la Reine Elisabeth 1ère qui, après avoir été nommé ambassadeur à Constantinople, se réveille un jour, après un long sommeil, dans un corps de femme.
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Orlando : une biographie (Orlando: A Biography) est l’ouvrage le plus fantaisiste de Virginia Woolf (1882-1941), la grande romancière moderniste anglaise, ce qui explique peut-être le succès qu’il rencontre dès sa publication en 1928 et qui ne se démentira pas.
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Paru en 1928, ce roman est marqué par l’innovation formelle de Virginia Woolf, son intérêt pour l’histoire de son pays, l’Angleterre, enfin sa passion pour Vita Sackville-West, aristocrate, romancière, poète, dont Orlando est la transposition fantasmée. Mêlant tous les genres littéraires – biographie, roman historique ...
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