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Lavinia
By Guin, Ursula K. Le & Le Guin, Ursula K.
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-15101-424-8
- Publisher
- Orlando : Harcourt, c2008.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2008
Adult/High School This novel takes a minor character from Vergil's "Aeneid" and creates a thoughtful, moving tale of prophecy, myth, and self-fulfillment. Lavinia is the teen princess of Latium, a small but important kingdom in pre-Roman Italy. As she moves into womanhood, she feels pressure from her parents to choose one of her many suitors as both her husband and the future ruler of the kingdom. But the oracles of the sacred springs say she will marry an unknown foreigner. This stranger is none other than Vergil's Aeneus, p...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
