The failed love with a Russian princess hit Orlando hard. So he hid in the world of words to seek liberation, but was teased by a poet he sponsored; Entangled by the duchess who looks like a rabbit. Orlando can't stand being disturbed. In order to get rid of all kinds of troubles, he asked to go to the East and formed a friendship with Khan. However, due to the conflict of interests and political problems caused by British colonial policy, his personal friendship finally broke down.
Orlando witnessed the cruelty of the war for the first time when he was on a mission. He was mentally shocked, fell into a coma again, and woke up and became a woman.
During the 400 years from 1600, Orlando enjoyed eternal youth. But at the same time, she not only experienced wonderful changes in gender from male to female, but also experienced many adventures in life in these hundreds of years. From the torture of death and love to the repeated setbacks in the palace of poetry, she not only went to the frozen Russia, but also experienced the absurd baptism of war. She finally chose to go abroad, and finally woke up from the gender disorder caused by the absurdity of war and became an independent woman in the twentieth century.
At the end, Orlando, a single mother who raised her daughter alone, took her daughter back to her former mansion and stood in front of her portrait 400 years ago, smiling freely. Under the old tree where she used to sing poetry, listening to the beautiful song of the archangel Gabriel falling from the sky, she wept with joy for her freedom.