Orlando (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Adeline Virginia Stephen
- First Published: 1928
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—cultural exploration
- Time of Work: The late 1500’s to 1928
- Setting: Mostly England, with some scenes in Constantinople and Thessaly
- Genres: Long fiction, Bildungsroman, Historical fiction, Satire, Biographical fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: History, Sex or sexuality, Twentieth century, Gender roles, Authors or writers, Nineteenth century, Literature, Poetry or poets, England or English people, Feminism, Women’s issues, Eighteenth century, Seventeenth century, Wit or humor, Aristocracy or aristocrats, Sixteenth century, Women’s rights, Androgyny, Nobility, Turkey or Turkish people, Royal courts or courtiers, Oak
- Locales: London, England, Constantinople
The Plot
In the late 1500’s, Orlando, a young nobleman from an ancient British family, dedicates himself to literature. He encounters William Shakespeare and is appointed by Queen Elizabeth to be her companion. In London, he falls in love with a mysterious Russian beauty who soon abandons him. Devastated, he turns to poetry, but when one of his tragedies is ridiculed publicly by a London poet, Orlando retreats to his family’s magnificent estate and burns all of his poems except one, titled “The Oak Tree.”
When a strange guest arrives, introducing herself as the...
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