[b:Orlando|18839|Orlando|Virginia Woolf|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/315Frh4Em5L._SL75_.jpg|6057225] was much funnier than I expected, and much less fantastical. Since I was familiar with the plot before beginning the book and had heard much literary criticism concerning the famed transform...
Really, it wasn't my cuppa. I wish things were different, because I generally like Woolf's prose and I have a huge amount of respect for her as a writer.
This is more style than substance for me. I enjoyed the style, the writing but was bored for most of the book. There are some parts I liked, the whole frost winter in London, the Constantinople part, the gypsy part. I found that the middle part was sooooo slow to get through. So beautiful writing bu...
There is something about Woolf's use of language, at least in her fiction writing. It isn't just her word choice; it's the use of the commas, semi-colons, and periods. It's the tone. It's not poetry; it's like the bastard child of poetry and prose. I read parts of To the Lighthouse and Orlando o...
Character living through 4 centuries. The style switches between novel, biography, history and philosophy. Jumps about between eras with no explanation of how and with major gaps in plot (an early proponent of "magical realism"?), clearly deliberate, but I found it irritating. Some echoes of Dorian ...
I have read a lot of Virgina Woolf and I must admit this is my most favorite. I like the fact that Orlando refuses to grow up and then one day finds himself transformed into a woman. It's a strange concept, I know, but I love how Woolf plays with gender in such fantastic language. She's like a mo...
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