Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare - Oxford ed.)

Author: William Shakespeare

ISBN: 9780199535859

Binding: paperback

Section: Drama-Plays

The Merchant of Venice is one of Shakespeare's classic comedies, relating the love between the nobles Bassanio and Portia. After having once again frittered away his savings, Bassanio must now obtain a loan by the mercy of the merchant Antonio and—more dangerously—the moneylender Shylock. However, now that he has now crossed into a feud between the litigious Shylock and the derogatory Antonio, he must find a way to satisfy the moneylender's now-famous demand for "a pound of flesh."