Physical description

Book of William Shakespeare's play 'The Merchant of Venice'. The Plain-Text Shakespeare. Red cloth limp cover, black print

Inscriptions & markings

Front: 'English Ernie Wiltshire' - handwritten, black ink, fly leaf
'Jessie Toye' handwritten, blue ink, top of page 1

Summary

Antonio, an antisemitic merchant, takes a loan from the Jew Shylock to help his friend to court Portia. Antonio can't repay the loan, and without mercy, Shylock demands a pound of his flesh. The heiress Portia, now the wife of Antonio's friend, dresses as a lawyer and saves Antonio.