The sound of the trumpets died away and Orlando stood stark… - Virginia Woolf

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The sound of the trumpets died away and Orlando stood stark naked. No human being, since the world began, has ever looked more ravishing. His form combined in one the strength of a man and a woman's grace.

Virginia Woolf

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Virginia Woolf (25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941), born Adeline Virginia Stephen, was a British writer who is considered to be one of the foremost modernist/feminist literary figures of the twentieth century.

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Birth Name: Adeline Virginia Stephen

Alternative Names: Virginia Stephen • Adeline Virginia Woolf • Virginia Adeline Woolf • Adeline Virginia Stephen Woolf • Virginia Stephen Woolf

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