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Orlando: The Illustrated Edition

Virginia Woolf
Illustrated by Varvara Alay

Virginia Woolf’s dazzling, time-defying novel of love, identity and transformation, brought to life with breathtaking interior art by Varvara Alay.

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£16.99
Format
Hardback
ISBN
9780571395682
Date Published
21.05.2026

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Summary

Virginia Woolf’s dazzling, time-defying novel of love, identity and transformation, brought to life with breathtaking interior art by Varvara Alay.

Different though the sexes are, they intermix. In every human being a vacillation from one sex to the other takes place, and often it is only the clothes that keep the male or female likeness, while underneath the sex is the very opposite of what it is above.

Orlando is a charming nobleman, a poet, and a vessel through which truth is exposed. Born in Elizabethan England, his life spans across centuries. He observes the shifting landscapes of history and time, noting these changes as they come. But one morning, he transforms into a woman.

What begins as a fantastical romp through time becomes a profound meditation on gender, freedom and the fluidity of identity. With wit, lyricism and dazzling imagination, Orlando crafts a gender-defying portrait of a soul unbound by society’s labels – a bold rebellion against life’s binaries that remains radically modern today.

Critic Reviews

A brilliant book that teaches you so much about identity and love.

Emma Corrin

Critic Reviews

I read this book and believed it was a hallucinogenic, interactive biography of my own life and future.

Tilda Swinton

Critic Reviews

Sexy, provocative and tantalising.

Jeanette Winterson

Critic Reviews

Wonderfully bold and inventive.

Observer

Critic Reviews

A fantasy, impossible but delicious ... an exuberance of life and wit.

The Times Literary Supplement