The Merchant of Venice
$17.58
- Paperback
96 pages
- Release Date
1 October 1995
Summary
The Merchant of Venice: A Pound of Flesh
Tragicomic drama of love, wealth and justice revolves around a Venetian moneylender’s bargain with a young merchant for “a pound of flesh.”
The Merchant of Venice is an intriguing drama of love, greed, and revenge. At its heart, the play contrasts the characters of the maddened and vengeful Shylock, a Venetian moneylender, with the gracious, level-headed Portia, a wealthy young woman besieged by suitors. At the play’s climax, Shylock …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780486284927 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0486284921 |
| Series: | Thrift Editions |
| Author: | William Shakespeare |
| Publisher: | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Imprint: | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 1995 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 130mm x 6mm |
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About The Author
William Shakespeare
“He was not of an age, but for all time,” declared Ben Jonson of his contemporary William Shakespeare (1564-1616). Jonson’s praise is especially prescient, since at the turn of the 17th century Shakespeare was but one of many popular London playwrights and none of his dramas were printed in his lifetime. The reason so many of his works survive is because two of his actor friends, with the assistance of Jonson, assembled and published the First Folio edition of 1623.
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