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    The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (Illustrated)
    The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (Illustrated)
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    This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘The Merchant of Venice’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of William Shakespeare’.

    Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Shakespeare includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily.

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    * The complete unabridged text of ‘The Merchant of Venice’
    * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Shakespeare’s works
    * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook
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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPublishdrive
    Release dateJul 17, 2017
    ISBN9781786562821
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    William Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest playwright the world has seen. He produced an astonishing amount of work; 37 plays, 154 sonnets, and 5 poems. He died on 23rd April 1616, aged 52, and was buried in the Holy Trinity Church, Stratford.

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      The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (Illustrated) - William Shakespeare

      The Complete Works of

      WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

      VOLUME 14 OF 74

      The Merchant of Venice

      Parts Edition

      By Delphi Classics, 2012

      Version 6

      COPYRIGHT

      ‘The Merchant of Venice’

      William Shakespeare: Parts Edition (in 74 parts)

      First published in the United Kingdom in 2017 by Delphi Classics.

      © Delphi Classics, 2017.

      All rights reserved.  No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form other than that in which it is published.

      ISBN: 978 1 78656 282 1

      Delphi Classics

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      Delphi Publishing Ltd

      Hastings, East Sussex

      United Kingdom

      Contact: sales@delphiclassics.com

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      William Shakespeare: Parts Edition

      This eBook is Part 14 of the Delphi Classics edition of William Shakespeare in 74 Parts. It features the unabridged text of The Merchant of Venice from the bestselling edition of the author’s Complete Works. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. Our Parts Editions feature original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of William Shakespeare, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily.

      Visit here to buy the entire Parts Edition of William Shakespeare or the Complete Works of William Shakespeare in a single eBook.

      Learn more about our Parts Edition, with free downloads, via this link or browse our most popular Parts here.

      WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

      IN 74 VOLUMES

      Parts Edition Contents

      The Plays

      1, Henry  VI, Part 2

      2, Henry  VI, Part 3

      3, Henry  VI, Part 1

      4, Richard  III

      5, The Comedy of Errors

      6, Titus Andronicus

      7, Taming of the Shrew

      8, The Two Gentlemen of Verona

      9, Love’s Labour’s Lost

      10, Romeo and Juliet

      11, Richard II

      12, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

      13, King John

      14, The Merchant of Venice

      15, Henry IV, Part I

      16, Henry IV, Part II

      17, Much Ado About Nothing

      18, Henry V

      19, Julius Caesar

      20, As You Like It

      21, Twelfth Night

      22, Hamlet

      23, The Merry Wives of Windsor

      24, Troilus and Cressida

      25, All’s Well that Ends Well

      26, Measure for Measure

      27, Othello

      28, King Lear

      29, Macbeth

      30, Antony and Cleopatra

      31, Coriolanus

      32, Timon of Athens

      33, Pericles

      34, Cymbeline

      35, The Winter’s Tale

      36, The Tempest

      37, Henry  VIII

      38, The Two Noble Kinsmen

      The Lost Plays

      39, The Lost Plays

      The Sources

      40, The Plays’ Sources

      The Apocryphal Plays

      41, Arden of Faversham

      42, The Birth of Merlin

      43, King Edward  III

      44, Locrine

      45, The London Prodigal

      46, The Puritan

      47, The Second Maiden’s Tragedy

      48, Sir John Oldcastle

      49, Thomas Lord Cromwell

      50, A Yorkshire Tragedy

      51, Sir Thomas More

      52, Fair Em

      53, Mucedorus

      54, The Merry Devil of Edmonton

      55, Edmund Ironside

      56, Thomas of Woodstock

      57, Vortigern and Rowena

      The Adaptations

      58, Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb

      The Poetry

      59, The Sonnets

      60, Venus and Adonis

      61, The Rape of Lucrece

      62, The Passionate Pilgrim

      63, The Phoenix and the Turtle

      64, A Lover’s Complaint

      The Apocryphal Poetry

      65, To the Queen

      66, A Funeral Elegy for Master William Peter

      67, Sonnets to Sundry Notes of Music

      The Criticism

      68, The Criticism

      The Biographies

      69, Some Account of the Life of Mr. William Shakespear by Nicholas Rowe

      70, Shakespeare: His Life, Art, and Characters by Henry Norman Hudson

      71, Life of William Shakespeare by Sir Sidney Lee

      72, Shakespeare’s Lost Years in London by Arthur Acheson

      73, The People for Whom Shakespeare Wrote by Charles Dudley Warner

      Resources

      74, Resources

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      The Merchant of Venice

      This tragic comedy is believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. Though classified as a comedy in the First Folio and sharing certain aspects with Shakespeare’s other romantic comedies, the play is best known for its controversial elements, such as Shylock and the prejudiced treatment of Jews.

      The story is set in the 14th century, when the city of Venice was one of the richest of the world. Among the wealthiest of its merchants is Antonio. Among the Christian community, he is known as a kind and generous person. Bassanio, a young Venetian, of noble rank but having squandered his estate, wishes to travel to Belmont to woo the beautiful and wealthy heiress Portia. He approaches his friend Antonio, who has previously and repeatedly bailed him out, for three thousand ducats needed to subsidise his travelling expenditures as a suitor for three months. Antonio agrees, but he is cash-poor; his ships and merchandise are busy at sea. He promises to cover a bond if Bassanio can find a lender, so Bassanio turns to the Jewish moneylender Shylock and names Antonio as the loan’s guarantor.

      Shakespeare’s main source text for this play is available via this link.

      Title page of the 1600 first quarto

      The 2004 film adaptation

      CONTENTS

      Dramatis Personæ

      Act I. Scene I.

      Act I. Scene II.

      Act I. Scene III.

      Act II. Scene I.

      Act II. Scene II.

      Act II. Scene III.

      Act II. Scene IV.

      Act II. Scene V.

      Act II. Scene VI.

      Act II. Scene VII.

      Act II. Scene VIII.

      Act II. Scene IX.

      Act III. Scene I.

      Act III. Scene II.

      Act III. Scene III.

      Act III. Scene IV.

      Act III. Scene V.

      Act IV. Scene I.

      Act IV. Scene II.

      Act V. Scene I.

      Dramatis Personæ

      DUKE OF VENICE.

      PRINCE OF MOROCCO & PRINCE OF ARRAGON, Suitors to Portia.

      ANTONIO, a Merchant of Venice.

      BASSANIO, his Friend.

      GRATIANO, SALANIO, & SALARINO: Friends to Antonio and Bassanio.

      LORENZO, in love with Jessica.

      SHYLOCK, a rich Jew.

      TUBAL, a Jew, his Friend.

      LAUNCELOT GOBBO, a Clown, Servant to Shylock.

      OLD GOBBO, Father to Launcelot.

      LEONARDO, Servant to Bassanio.

      BALTHAZAR & STEPHANO: Servants to Portia.

      PORTIA, a rich Heiress.

      NERISSA, her Waiting-maid.

      JESSICA, Daughter to Shylock.

      Magnificoes of Venice, Officers of the Court of Justice, Gaoler, Servants to Portia, and other Attendants.

      SCENE. — Partly at Venice, and partly at Belmont, the seat of Portia, on the Continent.

      Act I. Scene I.

      Venice.  A Street.

      Enter ANTONIO, SALARINO, and SALANIO.

      Ant.  In sooth, I know not why I am so sad:

      It wearies me; you say it wearies you;

      But how I caught it, found it, or came by it,   5

      What stuff ’tis made of, whereof it is born,

      I am to learn;

      And such a want-wit sadness makes of me,

      That I have much ado to know myself.

      Salar.  Your mind is tossing on the ocean;   10

      There, where your argosies with portly sail, —

      Like signiors and rich burghers on the flood,

      Or, as it were, the pageants of the sea, —

      Do overpeer the petty traffickers,

      That curtsy to them, do them reverence,   15

      As they fly by them with their woven wings.

      Salan.  Believe me, sir, had I such venture forth,

      The better part of my affections would

      Be with my hopes abroad. I should be still

      Plucking

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