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Book Review By Judy Berman
Orlando by Virginia Woolf

Orlando is the story of a young Renaissance British nobleman who fancies himself a poet. Spurned by a Russian princess, he becomes depressed, and goes into seclusion, forever working on the poem he believes will be his masterpiece. Later, his travels take him to a foreign war, during which he is transformed into a woman, and lives until the early twentieth century. Orlando's adventures, over a period of a few hundred years, both as a man and as a woman symbolize the versatility and staying power of true artists.


Plot & Themes
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Life of a profession:
Kind of sex: - transvestites
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Job/Profession/Status story Yes
Taboo sex story? Yes

Main Character
Profession/status:
Age: - long lived adults
Has magical powers? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality

Main Adversary
Identity: - society

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 6 ()
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK
City? Yes
City: - London
Misc setting

Writing Style
Sex in book? Yes
Weird Victorian/Shakespearean English? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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