Project Gutenberg 2009-07-09 Public domain in the USA. 236 Shakespeare, William 1564 1616 Shakspeare, William Shakspere, William Koster, Edward B. (Edward Bernard) 1861 1937 Koster, E. B. (Edward Bernard) The Merchant of Venice. Dutch De Koopman van Venetië: Drama in vijf bedrijven Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Merchant_of_Venice Wikipedia page about this book: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_koopman_van_Veneti%C3%AB_(toneelstuk) Produced by Miranda van de Heijning, Jeroen van Luin and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "De Koopman van Venetië: Drama in vijf bedrijven" by William Shakespeare is a classic play written during the late 16th century. The work revolves around complex themes of love, friendship, and justice, highlighted through the interactions of its main characters, including the merchant Antonio, his friend Bassanio, and the Jewish moneylender Shylock. At the start of the play, we meet Antonio, who is feeling inexplicably melancholic despite his successful merchant ventures. His friends, Salarino and Solanio, speculate about the cause of his sadness, suggesting that it must be love-related. Bassanio arrives and reveals his desire to court the wealthy heiress Portia, which he cannot pursue due to his financial problems. To secure the necessary funds for his courtship, Bassanio plans to ask Antonio for a loan, igniting a chain of events that leads to the poignant exploration of friendship, sacrifice, and societal prejudices that permeate the play. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 80.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. nl Comedy plays Jews -- Italy -- Drama Moneylenders -- Drama Venice (Italy) -- Drama PR Text Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: Classics of Literature Category: British Literature 302138 2025-08-12T07:29:36.711041 text/html 307223 2009-07-09T05:10:38 text/html 199876 2025-08-12T07:29:47.885014 application/epub+zip 203803 2025-08-12T07:29:40.952031 application/epub+zip 140010 2025-08-12T07:29:39.301034 application/epub+zip 453958 2025-08-12T07:29:51.712046 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 488657 2025-08-12T07:29:46.646997 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 367812 2022-09-13T14:57:48.516823 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 182872 2025-08-12T07:29:35.108073 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 174709 2009-07-09T05:10:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19954 2025-08-12T07:29:51.862968 application/rdf+xml 19694 2025-08-12T07:29:39.859052 image/jpeg 4254 2025-08-12T07:29:39.580032 image/jpeg 67942 2009-07-09T05:10:38 application/octet-stream application/zip 102892 2009-07-09T05:10:38 application/octet-stream application/zip 198980 2025-08-12T07:29:36.732043 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 en.wikipedia