Can I read The Merchant of Venice (Folger Shakespeare Library) on EtoBox?

The Merchant of Venice (Folger Shakespeare Library) by William Shakespeare; Dr. Barbara A. Mowat; Paul Werstine is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Merchant of Venice (Folger Shakespeare Library) about?

In The Merchant of Venice, the path to marriage is hazardous. To win Portia, Bassanio must pass a test prescribed by her father’s will, choosing correctly among three caskets or chests. If he fails, he may never marry at all. Bassanio and Portia also face a magnificent villain, the moneylender Shylock. In creating Shylock, Shakespeare seems to have shared in a widespread prejudice against Jews. Shylock would have been regarded as a villain because he was a Jew. Yet he gives such powerful expression to his alienation due to the hatred around him that, in many productions, he emerges as the hero. Portia is most remembered for her disguise as a lawyer, Balthazar, especially the speech in which she urges Shylock to show mercy that “droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven.” The authoritative edition of The Merchant of Venice from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, includes: -Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play -Newly revised explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play -Scene-by-scene plot summaries -A key to the play’s famous lines and phrases

Who reads The Merchant of Venice (Folger Shakespeare Library)?

Author

William Shakespeare; Dr. Barbara A. Mowat; Paul Werstine

Publisher

Washington Square Press; Simon & Schuster

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780671722777

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Music, Fiction

Rating

3.79 / 5 (117,869 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13