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Lavinia
Lavinia
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
As the story goes, Virgil’s hero fights to claim the king’s daughter, Lavinia, with whom he is destined to build an empire. Lavinia herself never speaks a word. Now, Ursula K. Le Guin gives Lavinia a voice in a novel that takes us to the half-wild world of ancient Italy. Lavinia grows up knowing nothing but peace and freedom until he...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780156033688
ISBN-10: 0156033682
Publication Date: 4/28/2009
Pages: 288
Edition: 1
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4.3 stars, based on 15 ratings
Publisher: Harvest Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 6
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One of Le Guin's finest books to date (and that is saying something). You can enjoy this text even if you haven't read the Aeneid. I love the idea that the character has more life the less the poet wrote about him/her. It shows why it should be Lavinia and Aeneas and not Dido and Aeneas.

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