Book Review: Orlando by, Virginia Woolf
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- Опубликовано: 18 окт 2024
- In today's video I'll be reviewing Orlando by, Virginia Woolf.
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I get to know so many observations of the book. By watching the video and now in the condition to read, the novel again....
A deep thanks to you for making me understand of these aspects, the book❤
Thank you! I'm happy my review helped! :)
My favorite book, did not discover it til 2020 and re read it often, love this break down and analysis. Thank you!
I can see why it’s your favorite! And thank you!
“Gimme the news, give me the facts, and let me make a judgement of it’ PREACH Alana 🙌 ( ok, let me behave, moving on 🤭)
I too at times feel as though Virginia Wolf’s works are intimidating even though her books are really short. I think it’s because of my dislike of it in school and the general bad reputation her books have. I need to shake it out of my head and just dive into it. I’m yet to get to Orlando, so I appreciate your analysis of what’s transpiring in the book. It's always good to have a point of reference when I get lost or confused 💕 Thanks Love 😊
LOL! If you can’t tell, main stream edit irks my soul 🤣🤣 I think school is why o think that Woolf is intimidating as well. I didn’t understand her at all when we had to read her in high school. Hope you get to read her soon!!
Love your analyses !!!!
Hope you can read and review Madame Bovary in future ! Curious about your thoughts about Flaubert
Thank you! I read Madam Bovary in 2019. I had a review on my IG but it’s old 😅
Great video! I loved the discussion. I finished this book recently, so am just watching this video now. Actually, I watched it twice.
I loved your reflections on the themes of water... to take it further, it incites thought, Water in the form of coldness is ice, when Orlando is a male. Does that imply that Woolf thinks that men are cold and hard? At the end of the novel, the world of London is perceived by Orlando as damp. Orlando is female. Does that imply women are soft and flexible (go with the flow)? When I heard 'damp', I had images of rotting, mold and mildew. Does that relate to when Orlando is a women (whereby one physical difference is blood flows) that Woolf thinks that this feature (flexibility) of women is "rotten" (too soft), or that the societal perception of women is rotten (women are not rotten, the perception is)? Do women seep into all the crevices and pervade into everything that exists in London? I did not notice the water on the first read, so will have to re-read later to bring it to the forefront. (BTW, sparknotes does not mention water, butterfly, seven, or green, but does mention, for example, the oak tree, clouds, cross-dressing, the manor house)
Butterfly (or moth) motif - I cannot think of this without thinking of _Silence of the Lambs_. Butterfly is a daytime, bright happy creature, whereas moths are nighttime, dark creatures - hence the death's head moth as a symbol of the dark/evil metamorphosis of Buffalo Bill is fitting..
Finally, someone mentions the color of green. Thank you! Odd that the critic is named Nicholas Greene, too.
Sparknotes equates the oak tree with Orlando's inner self. The oak tree, to me, has the symbolism of strength, but also one where the tree is rooted, immovable and tied to the local soil. Orlando has inner strength, and he/she is what he/she is...she is not really home in Turkey, or with the gypsies; she must return to her roots in England.
Your review has given me more to think about, so I thank you. Per Woolf, my favorite is also "To the Lighthouse" but she is not one of my favorite authors. I am not much for stream-of-consciousness style (when it hits, it hits strong, but when it doesn't hit, it is tedious and very boring) and, for me, it misses MUCH more than it hits.
Thank you for watching twice!
That’s a really interesting point about gender and the of water. I think you’re on to something. When I reread it I’ll have to keep that in mind.
Ah, sparknotes. 🤣
I’ve never seen Silence of the Lambs and I refuse to watch it, so I’ll take your word for it LOL
Yes! I noticed that his last name is Greene!
Stream of consciousness is definitely tricky! When it’s bad, it’s really bad 🤣
Thank you!
Thanks for watching!!
Thx
Can you review A Woman in White? Thank you. NO rush.
I read it in 2020 and have an IG review buried somewhere hahah!
@@alanaestelle2076 I tried to find it, but it is hard to find your old reviews. I'll keep trying. Thanks.
@@martasoltys9091 I’ll pull it up and send!!
@@alanaestelle2076 great. Thanks.