About this Event
First masculine, then feminine, Orlando is a young sixteenth-century nobleman who gallops through the centuries, from Elizabethan England and imperial Turkey to Virginia Woolf’s own time. Will he find happiness with the exotic Russian princess Sasha? Or is the dashing explorer Shelmerdine the ideal man? And what form will Orlando take on the journey – a nobleman, traveller, writer? Man or . . . woman?
Written for the charismatic, bisexual writer Vita Sackville-West, Orlando is one of Woolf’s most popular and accessible novels, a playful mock biography of a chameleon-like historical figure that is both a wry commentary on gender and, in Woolf’s own words, a 'writer’s holiday' that delights in its ambiguity and capriciousness.
Professor Anna Snaith is one of the leading voices in Woolf scholarship and modernist literature, and is a Professor of Twentieth-Century Literature at King's College London. She co-leads WoolfNotes, a pioneering project to digitze Woolf's research notebooks, and has edited and introduced several major scholarly editions of Woolf's work, including A Room of One's Own, Three Guineas and The Years. She is truly the expert on Woolf, and I can't believe she is coming to Quig's!
Tickets include complimentary drinks kindly provided by Jubel beers!!!
Doors open at 6.45pm for a 7pm start. Please make sure to arrive with time to grab a drink and settle in.
Event venue & nearby stays
Lala Books, 4a Grove Lane, London, United Kingdom
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