Orlando: A Biography (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Queer Modernist Mock-Biography of Gender, Time, History, and SelfhoodBy Virginia Woolf
Length10h 6m
About this audiobook
Orlando: A Biography is Virginia Woolf's dazzling mock-biography of an Elizabethan nobleman who lives for centuries and, midway through the narrative, becomes a woman. Moving from the Renaissance to the early twentieth century, the novel parodies conventional biography while meditating on history, literary inheritance, gender, and the fluidity of selfhood. Its style is playful, lyrical, and intellectually subversive, blending satire, fantasy, and modernist experimentation within the context of interwar debates about identity and artistic freedom. Woolf, a central figure of literary modernism and the Bloomsbury Group, wrote Orlando in 1928, drawing inspiration from her intimate friendship with Vita Sackville-West, whose aristocratic lineage and exclusion from ancestral inheritance shape the book's imaginative design. Woolf's own concerns—with women's creativity, social constraint, and the inadequacy of traditional narrative forms—animate the novel's elegant defiance of chronology and category. This book is recommended to readers interested in modernist fiction, queer literary history, feminist thought, and works that challenge the boundaries between biography and invention. Orlando remains both a witty literary jeu d'esprit and a profound exploration of how selves are made across time, language, and desire.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A succinct Introduction situates the work's timeless appeal and themes.
- The Synopsis outlines the central plot, highlighting key developments without spoiling critical twists.
- A detailed Historical Context immerses you in the era's events and influences that shaped the writing.
- An Author Biography reveals milestones in the author's life, illuminating the personal insights behind the text.
- A thorough Analysis dissects symbols, motifs, and character arcs to unearth underlying meanings.
- Reflection questions prompt you to engage personally with the work's messages, connecting them to modern life.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics, General Fiction
Length10 hrs 6 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 1, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
9Chapter 3
2Introduction
10Chapter 4
3Synopsis
11Chapter 5
4Historical Context
12Chapter 6
5Author Biography
13Analysis
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6Preface
14Reflection
7Chapter 1
15Memorable Quotes
8Chapter 2
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