by William Shakespeare · OUP Oxford · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780194209717
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«The Merchant of Venice» is William Shakespeare's classic adapted as a graded reader, in OUP Oxford paperback (112 pages, in English).
The story takes place in sixteenth-century Venice, where money rules. Bassanio is out of funds, so his friend Antonio gets a loan for him; to do so, Antonio makes a deal with an old enemy on a condition that puts his life at risk. Shakespeare's play is told as a narrative, not as a play.
It belongs to the Oxford Bookworms Library, level 5, equivalent to B2 of the CEFR, and has a word count of 25,189 words.
Intended for upper-intermediate English students and readers of classics in adapted form.
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.
