The Merchant Of Venice: A Comedy

Name: The Merchant Of Venice: A Comedy
Rating: 3.5 (12 reviews)

William Shakespeare

Dec 2014 · Sold by HarperCollins

3.5

12 reviews

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The beautiful Portia has many suitors within Venetian society, among them the young nobleman Bassanio, who has squandered his fortune. Desperate to win Portia’s heart, Bassanio borrows money from Shylock, the Jewish moneylender, and turns to Antonio, a wealthy merchant who has helped him in the past, to guarantee the loan. Shylock agrees, only with harsh terms—if Antonio does not repay the loan by the due date, Shylock will take a pound of Antonio’s flesh.

Known as “The Bard of Avon,” William Shakespeare is arguably the greatest English-language writer known. Enormously popular during his life, Shakespeare’s works continue to resonate more than three centuries after his death, as has his influence on theatre and literature. Shakespeare’s innovative use of character, language, and experimentation with romance as tragedy served as a foundation for later playwrights and dramatists, and some of his most famous lines of dialogue have become part of everyday speech.

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3.5

12 reviews

Onthatile Natalie Thatohatsi Modise

September 2, 2016

It's a play. I have read at school.. it's so interesting it's about a girl having royal Suitors to marry her and a man lended money for that girl from a Man called Shylock.. Shylock was a Jew and If people didn't pay Shylock you would pay with a pound of flash... If you want to know more you should y'all read this play its really nice

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Neeraj Ahluwalia

March 20, 2017

Read it in school. Men. Didn't like it very much.

1 person found this review helpful

Suchita Yeole

March 28, 2022

wow it us intteligent app

About the author

William Shakespeare is the world's greatest ever playwright. Born in 1564, he split his time between Stratford-upon-Avon and London, where he worked as a playwright, poet and actor. In 1582 he married Anne Hathaway. Shakespeare died in 1616 at the age of fifty-two, leaving three children—Susanna, Hamnet and Judith. The rest is silence.

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