Orlando · Character
Archduchess Harriet Griselda
A towering, melancholic noblewoman who pursues Orlando across Europe with a devotion that turns out to be stranger than it looks.
supporting
Also known as the Archduchess, the Archduchess Harriet, the Archduchess Harriet Griselda of Finster-Aarhorn
First appearance: iii
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A tall, eccentric Romanian archduchess who intrudes upon Orlando's privacy, claiming to be visiting the English court.
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Harriet first appears in Constantinople, looming in Orlando's doorway with an infatuation that Orlando finds suffocating and slightly absurd. She follows him back to England, undeterred by indifference or geography, and…
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- Orlando's extended acquaintance
- Protagonist
- 18th-century literary critics
- Historical and social figures
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