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The story begins in the Elizabethan era in the 16th century and ends in the "present day" when Woolf wrote in 1928, lasting four hundred years. Orlando was first an innocent aristocratic beauty who entered the court because he was favored by Queen Elizabeth. After King James ascends the throne, the Great Frost comes. Orlando meets a Russian princess and falls in love. As a result, he falls out of love and falls out of favor, and lives in seclusion in a country mansion. Orlando has been obsessed with literature and poetry since he was a child. The figure of Shakespeare is unforgettable for him. He manages to get acquainted with the slightly famous poet Green. Unexpectedly, he is teased again. In addition, he cannot bear the entanglement of the Grand Duchess of Romania, so he asks for a mission to Türkiye. After a fire in Constantinople, Orlando changed into a woman, left officialdom, and mingled among the Gypsies. Later, she returned to England, became a noble lady in the upper class, and met a group of famous literati at that time. Entering the Victorian era, in order to continue writing, Orlando could only compromise with the spirit of the times and marry a sea captain. By the end of the story, Orlando is already a prize-winning poet of the 20th century. She returns to the mansion that symbolizes tradition throughout the book, and comes under the big oak tree to review her eternal pursuit of literature and poetry.
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