Penguin English Classic (UK), pp. 192, form. 11 x 18, booklet binding, soiling. Bookstore stamp on pre-title page.
"Oh no, I've had it up to my nose with my current self.I want another."
The ever-young Orlando wakes up one day as a beautiful woman.
A witty and humorous novel that began as a "joke" and a "writing vacation" turned out to be one of the most important texts of the feminist movement. It is a hymn to a woman's inner freedom and creative expression. The book's publication - in 1928 - coincided with the granting of full suffrage to British women. Challenging gender stereotypes, Orlando invigoratingly foreshadows the imagined queer identity of the 21st century. Virginia Woolf dedicated the novel to the bisexual poet and writer Vita Sackville-West, with whom she had a romantic relationship. For this reason, it is said to be "the longest and most charming love letter in literature."
