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OrlandoVirginia Woolf

Characters in Orlando

6 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Orlando (Orlando: A Biography)

    A young poet and nobleman at Queen Elizabeth's court who lives on through four centuries of English history.

Supporting characters

  • Nicholas Greene

    A critic and writer whose scorn for Orlando's poetry reappears in later centuries.

  • Sasha

    A Russian princess who becomes Orlando's first great, elusive love during the Great Frost.

  • Marmaduke Bonthrop Shelmerdine

    A sea captain and adventurer whom Orlando marries in the nineteenth century.

  • Archduchess Harriet

    A persistent aristocratic suitor who pursues Orlando across the years.

  • Rosina Pepita

    A Romani woman whose camp Orlando joins while living in the East.