Orlando · Character
Sir Nicholas
A courtier or nobleman in Orlando's social circle.
minor
First appearance: i
Sir Nicholas's tie to Orlando is one of the pressures that moves Orlando—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
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- Friendship
- Other
Character groups
- 18th-century literary critics
- Protagonist
- Historical and social figures
- Orlando's extended acquaintance
- Elizabethan literary circle
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