Night and Day Annotated

Orlando: A Biography is a 1928 novel by Virginia Woolf. It tells the tale of Orlando who, born in the era of Elizabeth I, undergoes a mysterious sex change when he is 30 years old, and goes on to live for more than 300 years without ageing. Inspired by the history of Woolf's one time lover, Vita Sackville-West, Orlando, A Biography has become a feminist classic, and has been adapted several times for stage plays and films.Night and Day is a novel by Virginia Woolf first published on 20 October 1919.Night and Day is a novel by Virginia Woolf, set in Edwardian London. It focuses on the relationships and daily lives of two main female characters, Mary Datchet and Katharine Hilbery. From different backgrounds (Katherine is the the granddaughter of a celebreated poet; Mary is the daughter of a country vicar), and not interacting that much in the book, it is through these two that Woolf explores issues such as women's suffrage, and marriage. Specifically whether marriage is needed to achieve happiness.