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Course Hero. "Orlando Study Guide." Course Hero. 20 Dec. 2016. Web. 4 Oct. 2023. <https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Orlando/>.
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Course Hero. (2016, December 20). Orlando Study Guide. In Course Hero. Retrieved October 4, 2023, from https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Orlando/
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Course Hero. "Orlando Study Guide." December 20, 2016. Accessed October 4, 2023. https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Orlando/.
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Course Hero, "Orlando Study Guide," December 20, 2016, accessed October 4, 2023, https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Orlando/.
Orlando meets Queen Elizabeth I and later becomes her favorite companion.
Chapter 1The queen dies and Orlando hangs out in bars and brothels for a few years.
Chapter 1Orlando meets Sasha during the Great Frost and immediately falls in love. She breaks his heart.
Chapter 1Exiled from court, Orlando dedicates himself to poetry. His work is ridiculed by Nick Greene.
Chapter 2Orlando petitions for an ambassadorship in Constantinople to escape Archduchess Harriet.
Chapter 2Following a riot in Constantinople, Orlando sleeps for seven days and wakes as a woman.
Chapter 3Orlando lives happily with a tribe of gypsies until they question her values.
Chapter 3Orlando returns to London. All her property and titles are seized because of her gender.
Chapter 4Orlando becomes friends with the literary geniuses of the era and finds them rather uninteresting.
Chapter 4Orlando, dressed as a man but revealing herself as a woman, picks up a prostitute.
Chapter 4Orlando spends a few undocumented years dressing as both genders depending on mood and circumstance.
Chapter 4Orlando feels a tingling sensation in her left ring finger. She feels compelled to marry.
Chapter 5Orlando decides to become "nature's bride," immediately meeting Shel. They become engaged.
Chapter 5Orlando finishes writing her life's work, "The Oak Tree." Nick Greene helps her publish it.
Chapter 6Orlando is confronted with her past selves while on a shopping trip. She accepts her one true self.
Chapter 6Chapter | Summary |
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Chapter 1 | Chapter 1 begins near the end of the 16th century. Orlando, age 16, is in his family's large home, practicing his sword ... Read More |
Chapter 2 | In Chapter 2, Orlando has been exiled from court for humiliating Euphrosyne. He retreats to his home in the country, whe... Read More |
Chapter 3 | Chapter 3 begins with an admission that not much is known about Orlando's time in Constantinople, as most of the records... Read More |
Chapter 4 | In Chapter 4, Orlando sails home to England, and she is startled to realize that her gender dictates how people treat he... Read More |
Chapter 5 | As Chapter 5 opens at the beginning of the 19th century, a dark cloud drastically changes life in England, beginning wit... Read More |
Chapter 6 | In Chapter 6, Orlando goes back to "The Oak Tree" after Shel leaves for Cape Horn. She writes furiously throughout the n... Read More |