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First published in 1928, Orlando is a fanciful biographical novel that pays homage to the family of Woolf’s close friend/lover, poet and novelist Vita Sackville-West: from the time of her ancestor Thomas Sackville (1536–1608) to the family’s country estate at Knole.  The manuscript of Orlando, presented to Vita by Virginia as a gift, is still housed at the family estate at Knole. 

A high-spirited romp inspired by the tumultuous family history of the Sackville-Wests and arguably one of Virginia Woolf's most popular novels Orlando is a wildly entertaining commentary on gender and history that acts as a magic mirror to reveal how life and art constantly change but forever remain the same.