Since it was published in 1928, Orlando has been one of Virginia Woolf's most popular novels due to its originality and rebellious spirit. It tells the adventures of a young English aristocrat, handsome, wealthy, charming, and a lover of literature— a figure inspired by the life and personality of the writer Vita Sackville-West, a close friend of the author— who rides through History with a capital H from the sixteenth century to the twentieth century and who, during the reign of Charles II, becomes a woman. This peculiar change of eras and sex represents a journey through time, places, and emotions, as well as a stimulating reflection on artistic creation.
