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| caption = 1st edition
| author = Virginia Woolf
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| publication date = October 11, 1928
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''Orlando: A Biography'' is a fictional biography by Virginia Woolf. The novel follows Orlando, who starts out as a young nobleman during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, and follows his love affair with a Russian princess, his ambassadorship in the East, and his [[Gender Bender|spontaneous sex-change]] and life afterward as a woman. Despite living from the 16th through the 20th centuries, Orlando is 36 when the novel ends in the present day (well, October 11, 1928, but that was the present when it was written). The various themes of the novel, including gender, literature and poetry, and the passage of time, are explored by Orlando's experiences with these subjects. Being mainly known for being a story of gender-bending, ''Orlando'' covers many [[Gender Blending Tropes]]. The novel was supposedly written by Woolf as a love letter to her lesbian lover Vita Sackville-West. ''Orlando'' was made into a movie starring [[Tilda Swinton]] in 1992, and adapted into a play by Sarah Ruhl in 2010.
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* [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: Archduke Harry
* [[Anthropomorphic Personifications]]: Purity, Chastity, and Modesty. See the entry for [[
* [[Attractive Bent Gender]]: Orlando was already good-looking as a man; upon transformation, Lady Orlando's body is said to have the best-looking aspects of either gender.
* [[Gender Bender]]: One of the earliest in literature; anything older is usually covered by mythology instead, like Tiresias of [[Greek Mythology]].
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* [[Hide Your Gays]]: Archduke Harry originally tries to woo the male Orlando disguised as a woman, but drops the disguise after Orlando becomes a woman.
* [[Jumping the Gender Barrier]]: Orlando is a playboy only interested in women when he is a man, and then shows only interest in men when he becomes a woman.
** Well, there were [[Hooker
* [[Just Woke Up That Way]]: How Orlando turned into a woman.
* [[Man, I Feel Like a Woman]]: subverted
* [[Mother Russia Makes You Strong]]: Discussed with Sasha.
* [[Padding]]: To quote,
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** Although it makes sense in context, {{spoiler|all is vanity}}, it does seem like Woolf is running out of ideas nearing the end.
* [[True Art Is Ancient]]: An [[In
* [[Second Law of Gender Bending]]: Succinctly summarized by the protagonist:
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* [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]: Everyone treats Orlando's eternal youth and gender changes as totally unremarkable, including Orlando him/herself.
* [[Victoria's Secret Compartment]]: Over the years, Orlando keeps her manuscript of "The Oak Tree" in her bosom. Probably in more of a secluded pocket than right next to her skin, but ''still''...
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