Orlando

Hardback Published on: 27/10/2016
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Orlando
If you've not read Virginia Woolf then start here!
Queen Elizabeth I tells Orlando never to grow old. After such a magical experience of meeting this powerful woman, Orlando decides to stay young. He then s... READ MORE
Joseph Segaran at Amsterdam
Orlando
A Dream in Words
This was a very dreamy book. Not in the whimsical sense. In the nonsensical sense - but be assured I mean that in the best way. The way Orlando is able to ... READ MORE
Leigh  Boyle

Synopsis

A gorgeous clothbound edition of Woolf's fantastical and enchanting novel, designed by the acclaimed Coralie-Bickford Smith.

Orlando has always been an outsider...

His longing for passion, adventure and fulfilment takes him out of his own time. Chasing a dream through the centuries, he bounds from Elizabethan England and imperial Turkey to the modern world. Will he find happiness with the exotic Russian Princess Sasha? Or is the dashing explorer Shelmerdine the ideal man? And what form will Orlando take on the journey - a nobleman, traveller, writer? Man or... woman?

A wry commentary on gender and history, Orlando is also, in Woolf's own words, a light-hearted 'writer's holiday' which delights in ambiguity and capriciousness. This clothbound Penguin edition is edited by Brenda Lyons with an introduction and notes by Sandra M. Gilbert.

'I read this book and believed it was a hallucinogenic, interactive biography of my own life and future'
Tilda Swinton

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • ISBN: 9780241284643
  • Number of pages: 336
  • Dimensions: 204 x 137 x 29 mm
  • Weight: 450g
  • Languages: English

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Orlando
A hilarious faux-biography of gender swapping
Orlando was my 5th read Virginia Woolf book, but I personally think it would be a great option for a first-Woolf given its relatively straight forward nar... READ MORE
Lizzie | @littlehux
Orlando
Contorted Prose
Orlando was written in 1928 but the contorted style of prose makes it feel 18th century. Actually Dracula is better from a prose style point of view. Anywa... READ MORE
DEBORAH RICHARDS