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Title: Fair Rosaline
Authors: Solomons, Natasha
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 332
Year: 2023
Language: English
Description: Before Romeo has Juliet in his sights, he loves her cousin Rosaline.... In this feminist re-imagining of the classic story of the star-crossed and ill-fated lovers, Rosaline takes centre stage. Mourning the death of her mother and granted a 12-day reprieve before being confined to a nunnery, 15-year-old Rosaline is running out of time, and then the much older Romeo appears before her... Using familiar phrases and characters, this is an engrossing, subversive story with its thought-provoking switch in perspective, and its visceral depiction of 14th century Verona.
Categories: Fiction, Gender Issues, Historical, Literature oriented, Morals/Ethics, Relationships, Social commentary/perspectives, Tragedy/disaster, Young narrator, Italy, Just Added, 2026 Titles, New Adult

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By: RAUM 001 2025-07-29 14:48:06
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It upturns the notion of Romeo and Juliet as a love story.

 
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