A Penguin Classics Deluxe edition of the groundbreaking novel by Virginia Woolf, with a new introduction by Andrea Lawlor, author of "Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl." Orlando is a young nobleman of the 16th century who travels through the ages, from the Elizabethan era in England to imperial Turkey and the time of Virginia Woolf herself. Will he find happiness with the exotic Russian princess Sasha? Or is the daring explorer Selmurdain the ideal man? What form will Orlando take on this journey – nobleman, traveler, writer? Man or... woman? Written for the fiery, double-edged author Vita Sackville-West, Orlando is one of Woolf's most popular and accessible novels, a playful pseudo-biography of a chameleon historical figure that is at once a bitter analysis of gender and, in Woolf's words, a "holiday for writers" that revels in its ambiguity and frivolity.

Pages: 336, Dimensions: 14.6x14.6cm