As his tale begins, Orlando is a passionate young nobleman whose days are spent in rowdy revelry, filled with the colourful delights of Queen Elizabeth's court. By the close, he will have transformed into a modern, thirty-six-year-old woman and three centuries will have passed. Orlando will witness the making of history from its edge, dressing in the flamboyant fashions of each day, following passing customs, and socialising with celebrated artists and writers. Orlando's journey will also be an internal one - he is an impulsive poet who learns patience in matters of the heart, and a woman who knows what it is to be a man. Virginia Woolf's most unusual and fantastic creation, Orlando is a funny, exuberant tale that examines the very nature of sexuality.
Virginia Woolf (1882–1941), regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the 20th century, maintained an astonishing output of fiction, literary criticism, essays, and biography. Among her best-known works are Mrs. Dalloway (1925), A Room of One's Own (1929), and To the Lighthouse (1927).
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