# Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice

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- Book: [Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice](https://www.bookquiver.com/harold-bloom/shakespeares-the-merchant-of-venice) ([Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/harold-bloom/shakespeares-the-merchant-of-venice.md))
- Authors: [Harold Bloom](https://www.bookquiver.com/harold-bloom)
- Publisher: riverhead_books
- ISBN: 978-15-9448-091-1
- Pages: 144
- Published: 2005-07-05
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Harold Bloom on The Merchant of Venice: " Shylock's prose is Shakespeare's best before Falstaff's... His utterances manifest a spirit so potent, malign, and negative as to be unforgettable."