Book No.1 :The Merchant of Venice
Title page of the first quarto of Merchant of Venice(1600)
The Merchant of Venice is a comedy written by William Shakespeare which is quite early work of his own. This play is usually classified as comedy, on the other hand, it is controversial whether this is a comedy since Shylock, the character who plays villain, is questionable if he is a real villain. The Merchant of Venice is mainly about courtship story between a young Venitian and a beautiful lady who is bound to choose her husband by following her dead father's will. His friend, the merchant of Venice, borrows money from a Jew because for the Venitian lover, and this story brings the issue dealing justice.
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