# Romeo and Juliet

by [William Shakespeare](https://localbooks.app/authors/william-shakespeare)

- Genres: [Peças e Roteiros](https://localbooks.app/genres/poetry/plays-and-screenplays), [Romance de Época](https://localbooks.app/genres/romance/historical-romance)
- Set in: [Verona, Vêneto, Itália](https://localbooks.app/places/it/veneto/verona); [Mântua, Lombardia, Itália](https://localbooks.app/places/it/lombardy/mantua)
- Audience: Adult
- Published: 1597
- Pages: 168

## Description

In Verona the Montagues and Capulets brawl in the streets, yet their two children fall in love at a masked ball and marry in secret within a day. A single fatal duel sends Romeo into exile in Mantua, and a friar's desperate plan has to work perfectly.

## Where to buy

- [Open Library (ebook)](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL362427W)
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