Orlando

Plt;bPgt;A collectible hardcover edition of Virginia WoolfP#8217;s pioneering novel about a time-traveling sixteenth-century nobleman who wakes up in the body of a woman, with a new foreword by Andrea Lawlor, author of Plt;iPgt;Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal GirlPlt;/iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#8220;A brilliant book that teaches you so much about identity and loveP#8212;all these fundamental questions that we ask ourselves.P#8221; P#8212;Emma CorrinPlt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#8220;I read this book and believed it was a hallucinogenic, interactive biography of my own life and future.P#8221; P#8212;Tilda SwintonPlt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt; A Penguin Vitae EditionPlt;/bPgt;

Plt;bPgt;A collectible hardcover edition of Virginia WoolfP#8217;s pioneering novelP#160;about a time-traveling sixteenth-century nobleman who wakes up in the body of a woman, with a new foreword by Andrea Lawlor, author of Plt;iPgt;Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal GirlPlt;/iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#8220;A brilliant book that teaches you so much about identity and loveP#8212;all these fundamental questions that we ask ourselves.P#8221; P#8212;Emma CorrinPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#8220;I read this book and believed it was a hallucinogenic, interactive biography of my own life and future.P#8221; P#8212;Tilda SwintonPlt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;A Penguin Vitae EditionPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;First masculine, then feminine, Orlando is a young sixteenth-century nobleman who gallops through the centuries, from Elizabethan England and imperial Turkey to Virginia WoolfP#8217;s own time. 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 journeyP#8212;a nobleman, traveler, writer? Man or . . . woman?Plt;brPgt;P#160;Plt;brPgt;Written for the charismatic, bisexual writer Vita Sackville-West,Plt;iPgt; OrlandoPlt;/iPgt; is one of WoolfP#8217;s most popular and accessible novels, a playful mock biography of a chameleon-like historical figure that is both a wry commentary on gender and, in WoolfP#8217;s own words, a P#8220;writerP#8217;s holidayP#8221; that delights in its ambiguity and capriciousness.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;This edition is collated from all known proofs, manuscripts, and impressions to reflect the authorP#8217;s intentions, and includes an illuminating introduction and notes by the distinguished scholar and coauthor of Plt;iPgt;The Madwoman in the Attic Plt;/iPgt;Sandra M. Gibert.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Penguin VitaeP#8212;loosely translated as P#8220;Penguin of oneP#8217;s lifeP#8221;P#8212;is a deluxe hardcover series from Penguin Classics celebrating a dynamic and diverse landscape of classic fiction and nonfiction from seventy-five years of classics publishing. Penguin Vitae provides readers with beautifully designed classics that have shaped the course of their lives, and welcomes new readers to discover these literary gifts of personal inspiration, intellectual engagement, and creative originality.