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Violence
Barely any
Minimal violence; a duel
Language
None
No profanity
Sexual Content
Some
Romantic and sexual relationships across centuries and genders; handled with period restraint
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
The psychological exploration of gender fluidity across four centuries; requires comfort with ambiguity
What this book is about
Orlando begins as a beautiful, poem-writing young nobleman in the court of Queen Elizabeth I. After serving as ambassador to Turkey, Orlando wakes from a week's sleep as a woman and continues living, writing, and loving across four centuries to 1928. Written as a biographical fantasy for Woolf's lover Vita Sackville-West, Orlando is a playful, magnificent meditation on gender, identity, and the nature of the self across time.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Gender transformation as central premise
Sexual relationships across genders
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