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  • Published: 29 August 2011
  • ISBN: 9780143566458
  • Imprint: Penguin Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 274
  • RRP: $14.99

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Orlando, deciding not to grow old, pursues his quest for passion, adventure, fulfilment and protracted youth. Chasing a dream through the centuries, he bounds from Elizabethan England and imperial Turkey to the modern world.

Orlando, deciding not to grow old, pursues his quest for passion, adventure, fulfilment and protracted youth. Chasing a dream through the centuries, he bounds from Elizabethan England and imperial Turkey to the modern world. 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 journey – a nobleman; gypsy; writer? Man or . . . woman?

  • Published: 29 August 2011
  • ISBN: 9780143566458
  • Imprint: Penguin Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 274
  • RRP: $14.99

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Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was born in London. She became a central figure in The Bloomsbury Group, an informal collective of British writers, artists and thinkers. In 1912 Virginia married Leonard Woolf, a writer and social reformer. She wrote many works of literature which are now considered masterpieces, including Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, Orlando, and The Waves.

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