HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. n n n `The flower bloomed and faded. The sun rose and sank. The lover loved and went. And what the poets said in rhyme, the young translated into practice. n n n Written for her lover Vita Sackville-West, `Orlando is Woolfs playfully subversive take on a biography, here tracing the fantastical life of Orlando. As the novel spans centuries and continents, gender and identity, we follow Orlandos adventures in love - from being a lord in the Elizabethan court to a lady in 1920s London. n n n First published in 1928, this tale of unrivalled imagination and wit quickly became the most famous work of womens fiction. Sexuality, destiny, independence and desire - all come to the fore in this highly influential novel that heralded a new era in womens writing. n