Orlando Author: [British] Virginia Woolf Series: Woolf Collection

"Orlando" was included in the "100 Novels That Shaped Our World" selected by the BBC. The story begins in the Elizabethan era in the 16th century and lasts for 400 years. Orlando is an innocent aristocratic boy who enters the court because he is deeply favored by Queen Elizabeth. After King James ascended the throne, the Great Frost came. Orlando met a Russian princess and fell in love with her. As a result, he fell out of love and favor and lived in seclusion in a country house. Orlando has been fascinated by literature and poetry since he was a child. Shakespeare's figure made him unforgettable. He tried to get acquainted with the little-known poet Greene, but was teased again. In addition, he could not bear the entanglement of the Romanian Grand Duchess, so he volunteered to go to Turkey as an envoy. After a fire in Constantinople, Orlando became a woman, left the officialdom, and mingled with the gypsies. Later, she returned to Britain and became a lady in the upper class, meeting a group of famous literati at the time. After that, Orlando's long life has always existed in the image of a woman, and she re-entered a new life with the memory and cognition of the differences and worldview of men and women in the first thirty years of her life. By the end of the story, Orlando has become an award-winning poet of the 20th century. She returns to the mansion that symbolizes tradition throughout the book and comes under the big oak tree to review her eternal pursuit of literature and poetry.