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Misha
"Different though the sexes are, they intermix. In every human being a vacillation from one sex to the other takes place, and often it is only the clothes that keep the male and female likeness, while underneath the sex is the very opposite of what it is above."

I am left kind of speechless after reading this. This is probably my least favourite Woolf yet but still the one that has left me feeling the most awe-struck. One can only marvel at the modernity of this novel of ideas, many of which stil
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Ellen
Mar 08, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Just finished "Orlando" a day ago. I adored it as much as I did the first time I read it twenty years go. It's a fabulous romp through English history, Vita Sackville-West's family history and life story, and much, much more! This is the most lighthearted of Woolf's novels, and is an amazing fantasy that truly displays her imagination and her creativity. I can't recommend this book enough!! ...more
Fiona
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Shelves: fiction, bloomsbury
Delicious.
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Joanne
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Apr 12, 2010 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Katy Bailey
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Shelves: classics
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Apr 06, 2011 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: english, novel
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