The Rose of Versailles ikuyang'ana kwambiri Oscar François de Jarjayes, mtsikana yemwe adaleredwa ngati mwamuna kuti akhale wolowa m'malo mwa abambo ake monga mtsogoleri wa Alonda a Palace. Msilikali wanzeru wokhala ndi chilungamo champhamvu, Oscar amanyadira moyo womwe akukhala, koma amakhala wosweka pakati pa kukhulupirika m'gulu ndi chikhumbo chake chothandizira osauka pomwe zikusintha pakati pa otsika oponderezedwa. Chofunikanso pa nkhaniyi ndi zilakolako zake zotsutsana zokhala ndi moyo monga wankhondo komanso mkazi wokhazikika komanso maubwenzi ake ndi Marie Antoinette, Count Axel von Fersen, ndi mtumiki ndi bwenzi lapamtima André Grandier. Mabaibulo omwe ali ndi chilolezo a mangawa adasindikizidwa mu Chifalansa, Chijeremani ndi Chisipanishi.
