Juliet (novel)

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| name = Juliet: A Novel

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| image = JulietAnneFortier.jpg

| caption = Cover of Juliet

| author = Anne Fortier

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| country = United States

| language = English

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| genre = Romance, historical fiction

| publisher = Ballantine Books
(Random House)

| pub_date = August 24, 2010

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| media_type = Print (Hardcover)

| pages = 447 pp

| isbn = 0345516109

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}}Juliet is a 2010 novel by Danish American author Anne Fortier. It was first published in 2010 by Random House.{{cite news|last1=Tipping|first1=Joy|title=Book review: 'Juliet,' by Anne Fortier|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/headlines/20100905-Book-review-Juliet-1052.ece|accessdate=20 September 2016|publisher=The Dallas Morning News|date=September 5, 2010}} Paramount Pictures owns the movie rights to the book.{{cite news|last1=Anderton|first1=Ethan|title=LATEST NEWS Paramount Sets James Mangold to Direct Adaptation of 'Juliet' Novel|url=http://www.firstshowing.net/2011/paramount-sets-james-mangold-to-direct-adaptation-of-juliet-novel/|accessdate=20 September 2016|publisher=FirstShowing.net|date=September 8, 2011}}

Plot

Juliet is about a woman named Julie Jacobs who discovers that her ancestor Giulietta is the real-life Juliet of Romeo and Juliet fame.{{cite news|last1=Gabaldon|first1=Diana|title=Review of Anne Fortier's novel "Juliet," a riff on "Romeo and Juliet"|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/03/AR2010090305379.html|accessdate=20 September 2016|newspaper=Washington Post|date=September 4, 2010}} In her encounters with various descendants of the young lovers' families, she realizes that the curse from the story—"A plague on both your houses!"—may be real and may be coming after her—unless she can find her Romeo. On the track to discover her real story she and her twin sister become closer and make the journey together, finding not only their real names, life and ancestors but love, true and real love.[http://annefortier.squarespace.com/juliet/about-the-book.php "About the Book"]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, accessed 23 September 2014.

References

Category:2010 American novels

Category:Ballantine Books books

Category:Works based on Romeo and Juliet

Category:American romance novels

Category:Novels based on plays

Category:Novels based on works by William Shakespeare