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Virginia Woolf's fantastical novel about an Elizabethan nobleman who lives for three centuries and transitions into a woman, with a new introduction by Carmen Maria Machado.
The long-lived protagonist of Orlando begins as a passionate teenage aristocrat, whose days are spent in rowdy revelry at the colorful Tudor court of Queen Elizabeth and his nights in writing earnest poetry. A favorite of the elderly queen, he falls in love with and is jilted by a wayward Russian princess. Two kings later, now in his thirties, Orlando is sent to serve as ambassador to Constantinople, where he awakens one day to find himself in the body of a woman. The Lady Orlando takes this circumstance in stride. She returns to England, engages in love affairs with both men and women, consorts with the famous poets of each age, finds happiness with a gender-nonconforming husband, and at last achieves publication of her own epic poem in the year 1928. A playful and exuberant romp through history, Orlando is Woolf’s most lighthearted and unusual novel. VINTAGE CLASSICS.
Editions of Orlando
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9781853816628
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780701202743
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780701209957
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780593685389
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780099478287
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780099982203
- EBook
- ISBN 9780593685396
- EBook
- ISBN 9781551998398
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Virginia Woolf's fantastical novel about an Elizabethan nobleman who lives for three centuries and transitions into a woman, with a new introduction by Carmen Maria Machado.
The long-lived protagonist of Orlando begins as a passionate teenage aristocrat, whose days are spent in rowdy revelry at the colorful Tudor court of Queen Elizabeth and his nights in writing earnest poetry. A favorite of the elderly queen, he falls in love with and is jilted by a wayward Russian princess. Two kings later, now in his thirties, Orlando is sent to serve as ambassador to Constantinople, where he awakens one day to find himself in the body of a woman. The Lady Orlando takes this circumstance in stride. She returns to England, engages in love affairs with both men and women, consorts with the famous poets of each age, finds happiness with a gender-nonconforming husband, and at last achieves publication of her own epic poem in the year 1928. A playful and exuberant romp through history, Orlando is Woolf’s most lighthearted and unusual novel. VINTAGE CLASSICS.
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What is Orlando about?
Virginia Woolf's fantastical novel about an Elizabethan nobleman who lives for three centuries and transitions into a woman, with a new introduction by Carmen Maria Machado.
The long-lived protagonist of Orlando begins as a passionate teenage aristocrat, whose days are spent in rowdy revelry at the colorful Tudor court of Queen Elizabeth and his nights in writing earnest poetry. A favorite of the elderly queen, he falls in love with and is jilted by a wayward Russian princess. Two kings later, now in his thirties, Orlando is sent to serve as ambassador to Constantinople, where he awakens one day to find himself in the body of a woman. The Lady Orlando takes this circumstance in stride. She returns to England, engages in love affairs with both men and women, consorts with the famous poets of each age, finds happiness with a gender-nonconforming husband, and at last achieves publication of her own epic poem in the year 1928. A playful and exuberant romp through history, Orlando is Woolf’s most lighthearted and unusual novel. VINTAGE CLASSICS.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Orlando?
Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre > Classic fiction: literary and general
Where can I read a sample of Orlando?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781853816628
Is Orlando part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Vintage Classics
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Orlando?
Virginia Woolf
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Orlando is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781853816628) and hardcover(ISBN 9780701202743) and paperback(ISBN 9780701209957) and paperback(ISBN 9780593685389) and paperback(ISBN 9780099478287) and paperback(ISBN 9780099982203) and ebook(ISBN 9780593685396) and ebook(ISBN 9781551998398)
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