Orlando

Orlando, published in 1928, is Virginia Woolf’s playful, genre-defying novel that follows its protagonist through centuries of English history—while also changing from male to female. Inspired by Woolf’s friend and lover Vita Sackville-West, the book blends fantasy, biography, and feminist critique. With lyrical prose and satirical wit, Woolf explores identity, gender fluidity, and the construction of literary and historical narrative. Orlando remains a landmark of modernist experimentation and queer literature.