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Serenissima : a novel of Venice by Jong, Erica. is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Serenissima : a novel of Venice about?
When the beautiful Jessica Pruitt arrives in Venice to star in a film based on The Merchant of Venice, she is preoccupied: she has recently lost custody of her daughter, and as an older actress she is increasingly aware of the difficulty of landing leading roles. One day, as she wanders through an old Jewish ghetto, Jessica is magically transported to sixteenth-century Venice where she finds herself the heroine of "Will" Shakespeare's play. Immediately attracted to the younger playwright, Jessic
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Jong, Erica.
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
- Published
- 1987
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780393324921
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Erotica, Travel
- Rating
- 3.25 / 5 (35 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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