# Orlando Furioso — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto.

- [To Sir Walter Scott, of Abbotsford, Bart.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/to-sir-walter-scott-of-abbotsford-bart.md): The poet dedicates the work to Sir Walter Scott, crediting him with encouraging the resumption of the poem after it had been abandoned. He compares his labor to that of a peasant tilling a field, finding sweetness in the
- [Orlando Furioso](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/orlando-furioso.md): The chapter introduces the epic tale of Orlando, a knight of Charlemagne, and the complex web of love, war, and magic that drives the narrative. It sets the stage for the conflicts between Christian and Saracen forces, t
- [Canto I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-i.md): Angelica flees through the forest to escape danger. Rinaldo loses his horse Bayardo and fights Ferraù. Ferraù breaks an oath but later swears a new one. King Sacripant encounters Angelica and laments his unrequited love.
- [Canto II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-ii.md): Bradamant, seeking to free Rogero from Atlantes' enchanted castle, is guided by the treacherous Pinabel, who plots to abandon her. Meanwhile, Rinaldo and Sacripant duel over Angelica, who flees from Rinaldo. Bradamant en
- [Canto III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-iii.md): Bradamant, restored to sense in Merlin's cave, meets the sage Melissa who reveals the prophecy of her illustrious lineage and instructs her on how to rescue Rogero from Atlantes' enchanted castle. Melissa explains that B

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- [Canto IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-iv.md)
- [Canto V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-v.md)
- [Canto VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-vi.md)
- [Canto VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-vii.md)
- [Canto VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-viii.md)
- [Canto IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-ix.md)
- [Canto X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-x.md)
- [Canto XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-xi.md)
- [Canto XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-xii.md)
- [Canto XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-xiii.md)
- [Canto XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-xiv.md)
- [Canto XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-xv.md)
- [Canto XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-xvi.md)
- [Canto XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-xvii.md)
- [Canto XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-xviii.md)
- [Canto XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-xix.md)
- [Canto XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-xx.md)
- [Canto XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-xxi.md)
- [Canto XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-xxii.md)
- [Canto XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-xxiii.md)
- [Canto XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-xxiv.md)
- [Canto XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-xxv.md)
- [Canto XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-xxvi.md)
- [Canto XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-xxvii.md)
- [Canto XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-xxviii.md)
- [Canto XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-xxix.md)
- [Canto XXX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-xxx.md)
- [Canto XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-xxxi.md)
- [Canto XXXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-xxxii.md)
- [Canto XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-xxxiii.md)
- [Canto XXXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-xxxiv.md)
- [Canto XXXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-xxxv.md)
- [Canto XXXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-xxxvi.md)
- [Canto XXXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-xxxvii.md)
- [Canto XXXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-xxxviii.md)
- [Canto XXXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-xxxix.md)
- [Canto XL](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-xl.md)
- [Canto XLI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-xli.md)
- [Canto XLII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-xlii.md)
- [Canto XLIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-xliii.md)
- [Canto XLIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-xliv.md)
- [Canto XLV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-xlv.md)
- [Canto XLVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-xlvi.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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