The Merchant of Venice (William Shakespeare, )

The Book Service Ltd (Penguin) Vazba: Brožovaná Stav: Nová Bassanio, a noble but impoverished Venetian, asks his friend the merchant Antonio for a loan to impress an heiress. Antonio agrees, but is forced to borrow the sum from a cynical Jewish moneylender, Shylock, who forces him into a chilling contract, which stipulates he must honour the debt with a pound of his own flesh.