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1、ORLANDOVIRGINIAWOOLFCopyrightOrlandoCopyright©1928byVirginiaWoolfCoverartandeForewordtotheelectroniceditioncopyright©2002byRosettaBooks,LLCAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybeusedorreproducedinanymannerwhatsoeverwithoutwrittenpermissionexceptinthecaseofbriefq
2、uotationsembodiedincriticalarticlesandreviews.ForinformationaddressEditor@RosettaBooks.comFirstelectroniceditionpublished2002byRosettaBooksLLC,NewYork.ISBN0-7953-1002-1Orlando3ContentseForewordPrefaceChapter1Chapter2Chapter3Chapter4Chapter5Chapter6AbouttheAuthor
3、AboutthisTitleOrlando4eForewordAnovelthatisaswittyandplayfulasitisprobingandprofound,VirginiaWoolf’sOrlandoisthefantasticstoryofapersonwholivesthroughfivecenturies,firstasamanandthenasawoman.ThenovelopenswithOrlandolivingasayoungmaninElizabethanEngland.Afavorite
4、ofthequeen,Orlandoisgivenavastestatebytheagingmonarchandinstructedtonevertogrowold.Hedoesn’t,andWoolf’snovelfollowshimthroughthecenturies,acrosstheglobe,throughallsortsofloveaffairsandintrigues,andthroughhistransformationintoawoman.Thenovelhasbeenfamouslydescrib
5、edbyNigelNicolsonas“thelongestandmostcharmingloveletterinliterature”-andforgoodreason.OrlandoisdedicatedtoVictoriaSackville-West,whoalsoprovidedtheinspirationforWoolf’sandrogynousprotagonist.Sackville-Westwasanovelistandpoet,andsomeofherworkswerepublishedbyVirgi
6、niaandLeonardWoolf’sHogarthPress.Woolfmetherin1923,andthetwohadapassionaterelationshipthatlastedforalmosttwodecades.AlthoughSackville-West’saffairswerepublicandquitescandalous,shewasalsoverymuchagenteelBritisharistocrat.Forherpart,WoolfadmiredSackville-West’sand
7、rogyny,aqualitywhichshefamouslypraisesinherworkARoomofOne’sOwn.Uniqueandfantastical,OrlandoisWoolf’smostlight-heartedwork,anditisstylisticallyperhapshermoststraightforward.Eschewingstream-of-consciousnessandothermoreexperimentalnarrativetechniquesthatarefoundinh
8、erTotheLighthouseandMrs.Dalloway,Woolfoftenusesalargelyunadornedstyleandathird-personnarrator,oftentoeffectivelyparodythemale-dominatedwritingofthenineteenthcentury.O