Orlando is a passionate young English aristocrat from the 16th century who seeks love and adventure. During a ball at the court of Queen Elizabeth I, Orlando attracts the monarch’s attention and becomes her protégé. The young man embarks on a journey through the centuries, experiencing the cultural and social changes of each era. He falls tragically in love with a Russian princess during the reign of James I, serves as ambassador to Constantinople during the reign of Charles II, loves both men and women in the 18th century, writes poetry in Victorian Britain, marries, and lives through the Roaring Twenties of the 20th century.

Despite living for over 300 years, Orlando only appears to age until he is 36.
But the concept of temporality is not the only transgression in the story. One day, Orlando goes to bed and wakes up magically transformed into a woman.
The contrast between the infinite possibilities Orlando has before his transformation and the few options available to him afterward highlights the oppression inherent in traditional gender roles.
Virginia Woolf, a key figure in international feminism and one of the most brilliant and revolutionary minds of the 20th century, wrote this refined parody of the biographical genre and brutal satire of sexism in 1928, and its protagonist became one of the most iconic and dazzling fictional characters in literature.