Project Gutenberg 2007-03-09 Public domain in the USA. 81 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 Reading ease score: 81.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. 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.) fr Comedies Jews -- Italy -- Drama Moneylenders -- Drama Venice (Italy) -- Drama PR Text FR Théâtre Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 205453 203825 2024-10-09T07:21:28.113320 2023-09-09T09:29:33.450575 text/html 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 148300 2024-10-09T07:21:35.185120 application/epub+zip 150472 2024-10-09T07:21:31.159137 application/epub+zip 145519 2024-10-09T07:21:29.762158 application/epub+zip 296423 2024-10-09T07:21:37.918110 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 288003 2024-10-09T07:21:34.370148 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 261155 2022-09-10T04:01:19.417660 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 183908 183491 2024-10-09T07:21:27.359177 2023-09-09T09:29:32.954551 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 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 22326 2024-10-09T07:21:38.155113 application/rdf+xml 14365 2024-10-09T07:21:30.432139 image/jpeg 3628 2024-10-09T07:21:30.043163 image/jpeg 145176 2024-10-09T07:21:28.131169 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia