Virginia Woolfs Orlando and the Relationship between Virginia and Vita

Virginia Woolfs Orlando and the Relationship between Virginia and VitaIt has been said the novel Orlando is the longest love-letter ever written a celebration of the alliance between women. The descent between Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West is well documented and known to have been intimate. That Virginia was passionate and giddy about her relationship with Vita is also known and displayed in Orlando. in time Orlando also offers a rare intimate glimpse into the mind of Virginia Woolf. An unselfconscious work, it reveals her mind, talent at play. Orlando offers rich insights into her mind while keeping the rich prose that embodies her former(a) great works. The novel demonstrates several of Virginias obsessions, the focus here on gender and sexuality. While presumptuous to assume an authors life directly through her work, Virginia herself writes about this fateful link in Orlando In short, all(prenominal) secret of a writers soul, every experience of his life, every qual ity of his mind is written large in his works, yet we require critics to explain the one and biographers to expound the other (Orlando 209). A good author usually writes what she knows considering the background of this novel, the reader may draw parallels between Virginias life, her relationship with Vita and the writing of Orlando. Who is Orlando? The common interpretation is Orlando is Vita. The book is dedicated to her and pictures of Vita are interspersed throughout the book. Vita herself was said to tell Virginia that she fell in love with herself after reading the novel. Vitas sire was more acetic You have written some beautiful phrases in Orlando but probably you do not realise how cruel you have been. And the psyche who inspired the book ... ...nergy of her relationship with Vita is apparent in the novel. She was to wrestle her demons in other books (To the Lighthouse as an example) in Orlando she celebrated. But in Virginias hands, even jeering has its serious moments. I am writing Orlando half in mock style very clear and plain, so that people will understand every word. But the balance between truth and fantasy must be careful (Dairy 117). And now years later, critics are still trying to view middle(a) the truth and fiction and the enigma of Virginia Woolf. Works Cited Bond, Alma Halbert, Phd. Who Killed Virginia Woolf - a Psychobiography. Human Sciences Press, Inc.New York, NY 1989.Lee, Hermione. Virginia Woolf. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.New York, NY 1996. Woolf, Virginia. A Writers Diary. The Hogarth PressLondon 1953 Woolf, Virginia. Orlando. Harcourt Brace & CompanyNew York 1956.