{"product_id":"merchant-of-venice-2","title":"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\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\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).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\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.","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54222451999064,"sku":"9780300115642","price":8.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780300115642_094101ec-3c8d-45a5-a406-fcf3e57a2830.jpg?v=1763447439","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/merchant-of-venice-2","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}