{"product_id":"orlando-introduction-by-jeanette-winterson-hardcover","title":"Orlando: Introduction by Jeanette Winterson - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVirginia Woolf\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJeanette Winterson\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Contemporary Classics hardcover edition of Virginia Woolf's fantastical novel about an Elizabethan nobleman who lives for three centuries and transitions into a woman. With a new introduction by Jeanette Winterson. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWoolf's most lighthearted novel is a playful and exuberant romp through history. As a teenage nobleman, Orlando spends his days in revelry at the colorful Tudor court of Queen Elizabeth and his nights in writing earnest poetry. A favorite of the elderly queen, he falls in love with and is jilted by a wayward Russian princess. Two kings later, having reached his thirties, Orlando is sent to serve as ambassador to Constantinople, where he awakens one day to find himself in the body of a woman. The Lady Orlando takes this circumstance in stride and returns to England, where she engages in love affairs with both men and women, consorts with the famous poets of each age, finds happiness with an unconventional husband, and at last achieves publication of her own epic poem in the year 1928, the same year that Woolf published her novel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith its blend of fantastical adventure and satirical wit, \u003ci\u003eOrlando \u003c\/i\u003ewas an immediate popular and critical success, one whose status as a classic has only grown with time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEveryman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eVIRGINIA WOOLF (1882-1941) was born in London. A pioneer in the narrative use of stream of consciousness, she published her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Voyage Out, \u003c\/i\u003ein 1915. This was followed by literary criticism and essays, most notably \u003ci\u003eA Room of One's Own, \u003c\/i\u003e and other acclaimed novels, including \u003ci\u003eMrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOrlando.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Introducer: \u003c\/b\u003eJEANETTE WINTERSON is an English writer and the author of many novels, including \u003ci\u003eOranges Are Not the Only Fruit\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSexing the Cherry.\u003c\/i\u003e She is a professor of creative writing at the University of Manchester, and has won a Whitbread Prize, a BAFTA Award for Best Drama, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, the E. M. Forster Award, and two Lambda Literary Awards. She is a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.1 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 02, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764699398432,"sku":"9781101908327","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9874ee4a74346d348108d390511963f2.webp?v=1780253958","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/orlando-introduction-by-jeanette-winterson-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}