Level 5
The Merchant of Venice
William Shakespeare
25,189 words
16世紀、裕福な商人や銀行家が幅を利かせていたヴェニスで物を言うのは金だった。無一文の親友バサーニオの窮地を救うため、ある悪名高い老人から金を借りようとしたアントーニオは、金と引き替えに自分の命を危険にさらすことになってしまう。シェイクスピアの戯曲として名高い『ヴェニスの商人』をストーリー仕立てで書きなおした1編。
In sixteenth-century Venice - a city of wealthy merchants and bankers - money is all-important. Bassanio is penniless, but his great friend Antonio offers to help him by borrowing the money that he needs. To do this, though, Antonio must make an arrangement with an old enemy that puts his life in danger... The Merchant of Venice is one of Shakespeare's most popular plays, and it has been performed all over the world. It is retold in this Bookworm not as a play, but as a story.
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