Orchard and Vineyard (1921) is a poetry collection by Vita
Sackville-West. While she is most widely recognized as the lover of
English novelist Virginia Woolf, Sackville-West was a popular and
gifted poet, playwright, and novelist in her own right. A prominent
lesbian and bohemian figure, Sackville-West was also the daughter
of an English Baron, granting her a unique and often divided
perspective on life in the twentieth century. In "Mariana in the
North," Sackville-West tells the story of a woman whose best days
lie behind her, whose "beautiful lovers have passed," leaving only
"the voice of the lonely land": "All her youth is gone, her
beautiful youth outworn, / Daughter of tarn and tor, the moors that
were once her home / No longer know her step..." Mournful and
romantic, Sackville-West's verse explores such matters of the human
heart as beauty, aging, and loss. Elsewhere, she depicts a scene of
broken trust, in which a woman discovers that two acquaintances
thought to be enemies have in fact been talking behind her back:
"she came / Into the room, and heard their speech / Of tragic
meshes knotted with her name..." Known for her tumultuous, heated
affairs with men and women alike, Sackville-West is an artist whose
works so often mirror her life. With a beautifully designed cover
and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Vita
Sackville-West's Orchard and Vineyard is a classic of English
literature reimagined for modern readers.
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