WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY PETER ACKROYD & MARGARET REYNOLDS. As his tale begins Orlando is a passionate young nobleman whose days are spent in rowdy revelry filled with the colourful delights of Queen Elizabeth's court. By the close he will have transformed into a modern thirty-six-year-old woman & three centuries will have passed. Orlando will witness the making of history from its edge dressing in the flamboyant fashions of each day following passing customs & socialising with celebrated artists & writers. Orlando's journey will also be an internal one
- he is an impulsive poet who learns patience in matters of the heart & a woman who knows what it is to be a man. Virginia Woolf's most unusual & fantastic creation Orlando is a funny exuberant tale that examines the very nature of sexuality.