The Orlando Trilogy
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner.
Isabel Colegate's The Orlando Trilogy is a masterwork of twentieth-century British fiction, gathering three interconnected novels — Orlando King, Orlando at the Brazen Threshold, and Agatha — into a single compelling volume. The trilogy chronicles the rise and fall of Orlando King, a charismatic and deeply flawed self-made man, tracing the consequences of ambition, power, and moral compromise across generations of an English family. Written with the sharp social intelligence and elegantly restrained prose that established Colegate as one of Britain's most distinguished novelists, the narrative uncovers the hidden costs of a life built on charm and ruthlessness. Rich with period atmosphere and psychological acuity, the trilogy presents a sweeping portrait of English society from the inter-war years onward, examining class, desire, and the enduring weight of the past. Colegate's fiction stands in the tradition of the great English novel, and this collected edition is an essential introduction to her luminous and underappreciated body of work.
Author: Isabel Colegate
Format: Paperback
Genre: Fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner.
Isabel Colegate's The Orlando Trilogy is a masterwork of twentieth-century British fiction, gathering three interconnected novels — Orlando King, Orlando at the Brazen Threshold, and Agatha — into a single compelling volume. The trilogy chronicles the rise and fall of Orlando King, a charismatic and deeply flawed self-made man, tracing the consequences of ambition, power, and moral compromise across generations of an English family. Written with the sharp social intelligence and elegantly restrained prose that established Colegate as one of Britain's most distinguished novelists, the narrative uncovers the hidden costs of a life built on charm and ruthlessness. Rich with period atmosphere and psychological acuity, the trilogy presents a sweeping portrait of English society from the inter-war years onward, examining class, desire, and the enduring weight of the past. Colegate's fiction stands in the tradition of the great English novel, and this collected edition is an essential introduction to her luminous and underappreciated body of work.