WHB February Book Club: Orlando by Virginia Woolf

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The greatest love letter in all of Literature, or is it? The first ever "trans" novel?

Join us for a discussion of Virginia Woolf's 1928 novel, Orlando, inspired by her love affair with Vita Sackville West.

As his tale begins, Orlando is a passionate sixteen-year-old nobleman whose days are spent in rowdy revelry, filled with the colorful delights of Queen Elizabeth I’s court. By the close, three centuries have passed, and he will have transformed into a thirty-six-year-old woman in the year 1928. Orlando’s journey is also an internal one—he is an impulsive poet who learns patience in matter of the heart, and a woman who knows what it is to be a man.
Virginia Woolf’s most unusual creation, Orlando is a fantastical biography as well as a funny, exuberant romp through history that examines the true nature of sexuality.

Is Orlando truly Woolf's "most unusual creation"? Let's find out!

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