The Merchant of Venice

William Shakespeare

⏱ 7 minDrama

To help his friend win an heiress, a merchant seals a bond of a pound of his own flesh to a moneylender, and only a lady disguised as a lawyer can save him. Shakespeare's dark comedy of a bond and a trial.

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