The Rose of Versailles ta mai da hankali kan Oscar François de Jarjayes, yarinyar da ta tashi a matsayin namiji don zama magajin mahaifinta a matsayin shugaban Masu gadin Fada. Wararren ɗan gwagwarmaya mai azanci da adalci, Oscar yana alfahari da rayuwar da take gudanarwa, amma ya zama tsakanin masu biyayya ga aji da burinta na taimaka wa matalauta yayin da ake neman juyi tsakanin masu karamin karfi. Hakanan mahimmanci ga labarin shine burinta masu rikice-rikice na rayuwa kamar duka masu gwagwarmaya da mace ta yau da kullun da alaƙarta da Marie Antoinette, Count Axel von Fersen, da bawa da babban aboki André Grandier. An buga nau'ikan lasisin wannan manga a cikin Faransanci, Jamusanci da Spanish.
