The Merchant of Venice

A beautiful edition of the classic Shakespeare play. Illustrated with 16 original etchings and formatted with an easy-to-read layout.Be sure to use Amazon's Lookinside feature to compare this edition with others. You'll be impressed by the differences.

Our version has:

• 16 original illustrations. Don't be fooled by other versions with missing or made-up pictures.
• Text that has been proofread to avoid errors common in other versions.
• A beautiful cover of an original Charles Lowcock painting.
• The complete text in an easy-to-read font similar to the original.
• Properly formatted text complete with correct indenting, spacing, footnotes, italics, and tables.

The Merchant of Venice is a 16th-century play written by William Shakespeare, most likely in 1596. A merchant in Venice (Antonio) must default on a large loan provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock. Though classified as a comedy in the First Folio and sharing certain aspects with Shakespeare's other romantic comedies, the play is most remembered for its dramatic scenes, and contains several memorable lines by Shylock and Portia.