by William Shakespeare · tapa dura · ISBN 9788439586234
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«El mercader de Venecia» is the play by William Shakespeare, published by Planeta DeAgostini in 2000 in hardcover (146 pages, in Spanish).
Bassanio, a Venetian nobleman without fortune, needs three thousand ducats to court the rich heiress Portia. His friend Antonio, a merchant with all his capital invested in ships, requests the loan from the Jewish usurer Shylock, who agrees on one condition: if the money is not repaid on time, Antonio will give a pound of his own flesh.
Translation with introduction and notes by José María Valverde; the work was originally published in 1596.
For readers of classical theater and Shakespeare; also common reading in schools.
William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" or simply "the Bard". His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, 3 long narrative poems and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Shakespeare remains arguably the most influential writer in the English language, and his works continue to be studied and reinterpreted.
