Project Gutenberg 2007-03-09 Public domain in the USA. 217 Shakespeare, William 1564 1616 Shakspeare, William Shakspere, William Guizot, François 1787 1874 Guizot, Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot, François Pierre Guillaume Guizot, M. (François) Guisot, M. (François) Guizot, Monsieur (François) Guizot, François The merchant of Venice. French Le marchand de Venise Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Merchant_of_Venice Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Marchand_de_Venise Produced by Paul Murray, Rénald Lévesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr). This file is gratefully uploaded to the PG collection in honor of Distributed Proofreaders having posted over 10,000 ebooks. "Le marchand de Venise" by William Shakespeare is a play written in the late 16th century. The narrative revolves around complex themes such as love, mercy, and revenge, primarily focusing on the relationships among Antonio, a melancholic merchant; Bassanio, his close friend who seeks the hand of the wealthy Portia; and Shylock, the Jewish moneylender. The interplay between these characters sets the stage for various comedic and dramatic incidents throughout the drama. The opening of the play introduces Antonio, who is inexplicably sad, though he dismisses the notion that his melancholy is due to his fortunes at sea. His friends, Salarino and Salanio, speculate about his mood, attributing it to his shipping ventures. They are interrupted by the arrival of Bassanio, who reveals his desire to court Portia, a wealthy heiress. However, he needs money to present himself as a worthy suitor, prompting him to ask Antonio for help. The act ends with the introduction of Shylock, who is keenly aware of the tensions and hostilities existing between the Christian merchant Antonio and himself, setting the stage for the central conflict of the play. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. fr Comedy plays Jews -- Italy -- Drama Moneylenders -- Drama Venice (Italy) -- Drama PR Text FR Théâtre Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: Classics of Literature 205580 2025-06-08T16:27:19.843687 text/html 195646 2021-01-01T19:52:47 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 72188 2021-01-01T19:52:47 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 148350 2025-06-08T16:27:26.840651 application/epub+zip 150427 2025-06-08T16:27:22.789660 application/epub+zip 145474 2025-06-08T16:27:21.533657 application/epub+zip 296403 2025-06-08T16:27:29.669654 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 288007 2025-06-08T16:27:26.045693 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 261155 2022-09-10T04:01:19.417660 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 183908 2025-06-08T16:27:19.190707 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 180437 2021-01-01T19:52:47 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 69481 2021-01-01T19:52:47 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 21545 2025-06-08T16:27:29.825623 application/rdf+xml 14365 2025-06-08T16:27:22.093689 image/jpeg 3628 2025-06-08T16:27:21.815678 image/jpeg 145224 2025-06-08T16:27:19.862691 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia