Disseverment
The noun of 'dissever', to divide or sever something from something else. Also 'disseverance'. Used here in reference to a...
From tapers to tinder
I loved this description of a young boy going to all lengths to be able to read as much as...
The vegetables of another age
Something wonderfully down to earth about this quick survey of differences between us and the Elizabethans, particularly in that last...
Dead or alive?
This marvelously stark encounter with a dark stranger proves to be Orlando's first meeting with the man she will marry. ...
Upright and unflinching
A touching and imaginative fictional description of the complexity of Elizabeth I (r. 1558-1603). Orlando is a young boy of...
Of long and short time
While I have seen many comments on the elasticity of experienced time, this is the first one...
Of damp and prolixity
Orlando reveals his bias towards the 18th (or against the 19th) century by noting the turn of the century as...
A voice answering a voice?
More than just the writing of poetry, isn't writing in general often 'a voice answering a voice'?
This touching quotation...
Saying what you think and writing how you want
This, in particular the second part, resonated with me. In an age where Search Engine Optimization sometimes seems to want...
No plebeians here
How noble can you get? Most aristos trace back to some humble origin until they got a knighthood or some...
Up and out at dawn
Orlando, who at this stage in her 400 year life has only quite recently woken up to find herself transformed...
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