{"product_id":"the-merchant-of-venice-9780300115642","title":"The Merchant of Venice","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Annotated Shakespeare series enables readers to fully understand and enjoy the plays of the world's greatest dramatist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this lively comedy of love and money in sixteenth-century Venice, Bassanio wants to impress the wealthy heiress Portia but lacks the necessary funds. He turns to his merchant friend, Antonio, who is forced to borrow from Shylock, a Jewish moneylender. When Antonio's business falters, repayment becomes impossible--and by the terms of the loan agreement, Shylock is able to demand a pound of Antonio's flesh. Portia cleverly intervenes, and all ends well (except of course for Shylock). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This fully annotated version of \u003ci\u003eMerchant of Venice\u003c\/i\u003e makes the play completely accessible to readers in the twenty-first century. Eminent linguist and translator Burton Raffel offers generous help with vocabulary, pronunciation, and prosody and provides alternative readings of phrases and lines. His on-page annotations give readers all the tools they need to comprehend the play and begin to explore its many possible interpretations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Shakespeare\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Annotated Shakespeare\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.76h x 5.08w x 0.59d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300115642","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42440407187593,"sku":"9780300115642","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_f5ac7b2b-f360-4be5-b597-1f6987e7461f.jpg?v=1716238394","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-merchant-of-venice-9780300115642","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}