Orlando: A Biography
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Orlando: A Biography is a novel by Virginia Woolf, first published on 11 October 1928, inspired by the tumultuous family history of the aristocratic poet and novelist Vita Sackville-West, Woolf's love
Cover of the 1928 edition
Detail of an ad for Orlando run by Harcourt, Brace and Company in the New Yorker, 17 November 1928
River Thames frost fairs
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The River Thames frost fairs were held on the tideway of the River Thames in London, England in some winters, starting at least as early as the late 7th century until the early 19th century. Most were
Orlando: A Biography
…and somewhat feral princess in the entourage of the Russian embassy. This episode, of love and ice skating against the background of the celebrated Frost Fair held on the frozen Thames River during the Great Frost of 1608, when "birds froze in mid air and fell like stones to the ground", inspired some of…
Thames Frost Fair, 1683–84, by Thomas Wyke
An account of the Frost Fair of 1608, the first frost fair that was called a frost fair
The Frost Fair of 1683
The Frost Fair of 1814, by Luke Clenell.