As its title suggests, Orlando: A Biography is a fictionalized biography which tells the story of the young nobleman Orlando. Orlando Carvalho is known for Four Corners (1961). The book is a work of satire and was inspired by Woolf's partner Vita Sackville-West's riotous family. Biography Orlando: A Biography: Woolf, Virginia: 9781618958419: Books - Amazon 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. Orlando's life is certainly remarkable: after growing up male, he wakes up one day as a woman and proceeds to live for some 400 years without visibly ageing. Shmoop's award-winning learning guides are now available on your favorite eBook reader. The manuscript of the book, a present from Woolf to Sackville-West, is housed at Knole. The novel has received many accolades since being published and is considered a classic works of feminist literature today. Orlando a biography This edition was published in 1992 by Vintage in London. Orlando: A Biography - Virginia Woolf - Google Books English Novelists. The item Orlando : a biography, Virginia Woolf ; annotated and with an introduction by Maria DiBattista ; Mark Hussey, general editor represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Internet Archive - Open Library. Orlando: A Biography by Virginia Woolf (9780156701600) Preregister now for Biblio.live and get $10 to use at the fair. www.biography.com "Orlando: A Biography" by Virginia Woolf | COVE In the beginning of the book Orlando is a nobleman who has literary ambitions. Orlando is a fictional biography of a person called Orlando who lives over three hundred years from Queen Elizabeth's reign in the sixteenth century through to King Edwards reign in 1928, the year Virginia Woolf wrote the novel.