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The merchant of Venice

Shakespeare, WilliamBloom, Harold(Contributions by)Raffel, Burton(Edited by)
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In this lively comedy of love and money in sixteenth-century Venice, Bassanio wants to impress the wealthy heiress Portia but lacks the necessary funds.

He turns to his merchant friend, Antonio, who is forced to borrow from Shylock, a Jewish moneylender.

When Antonio's business falters, repayment becomes impossibleand by the terms of the loan agreement, Shylock is able to demand a pound of Antonios flesh.

Portia cleverly intervenes, and all ends well (except of course for Shylock).

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Yale University Press
0300138253 / 9780300138252
eBook (Adobe Pdf)
822.33
01/10/2008
English
165 pages
181 grams
Copy: 10%; print: 10%
Quiz No: 208898, Points 4.00, Book Level 9.40,
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