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Shakespeare's play of the Merchant of Venice

by William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

23 chapters, about 18,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. AS FIRST PERFORMED, SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1858. 300 words
2. PREFACE. 200 words
3. SCENE I.--VENICE.(A) SAINT MARK'S PLACE.(B) 1,400 words
4. SCENE II.--BELMONT. A ROOM IN PORTIA'S HOUSE. 800 words
5. FOOTNOTES: 400 words
6. SCENE IV.--SALOON OF THE CASKETS IN PORTIA'S HOUSE, AT BELMONT. 400 words
7. HISTORICAL NOTES TO ACT FIRST. 1,200 words
8. SCENE I.--VENICE.(A) EXTERIOR OF SHYLOCK'S HOUSE. 1,900 words
9. GLEE.[69] 200 words
10. HISTORICAL NOTES TO ACT SECOND. 200 words
11. SCENE I.--SALOON OF THE CASKETS IN PORTIA'S HOUSE AT BELMONT. 300 words
12. SCENE II.--RIALTO BRIDGE (A), AND GRAND CANAL. 900 words
13. SCENE III.--SALOON OF THE CASKETS, IN PORTIA'S HOUSE, AT BELMONT. 200 words
14. SONG.[81] 1,500 words
15. SCENE IV.--VENICE. THE COLUMNS OF ST. MARK. (c). 300 words
16. SCENE V.--SALOON OF THE CASKETS IN PORTIA'S HOUSE AT BELMONT. 400 words
17. HISTORICAL NOTES TO ACT THIRD. 700 words
18. SCENE I.--VENICE. A COURT OF JUSTICE.(A) 3,500 words
19. FOOTNOTES: 100 words
20. HISTORICAL NOTES TO ACT FOURTH. 400 words
21. SCENE I.--BELMONT. AVENUE TO PORTIA'S HOUSE. 200 words
22. GLEE.[115] 1,700 words
23. THE END. 700 words

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