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Shylock's daughter : a novel of love in Venice
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Shylock's daughter : a novel of love in Venice

Author: Erica Jong
Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, 2003, ©1987.
Edition/Format: Book : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:
When Jessica Pruitt arrives in Venice to star in a film based on The merchant of Venice, she is preoccupied: she has recently lost custody of her daughter, and as an older actress she is increasingly aware of the difficulty of landing leading roles. One day, as she wanders through an old Jewish ghetto, Jessica is magically transported to sixteenth-century Venice where she finds herself the heroine of "Will"  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Biographical fiction., Fantastic fiction.
Named Person: William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Erica Jong
ISBN: 0395429226 9780395429228 0393324923 9780393324921
OCLC Number: 53174059
Notes: Includes reading group guide. Previously published as Serenissima.
Description: 225 p. ; 21 cm.
Other Titles: Serenissima
Responsibility: Erica Jong.

Abstract:

When Jessica Pruitt arrives in Venice to star in a film based on The merchant of Venice, she is preoccupied: she has recently lost custody of her daughter, and as an older actress she is increasingly aware of the difficulty of landing leading roles. One day, as she wanders through an old Jewish ghetto, Jessica is magically transported to sixteenth-century Venice where she finds herself the heroine of "Will" Shakespeare's play. Immediately attracted to the younger playwright, Jessica enters into an intensely passionate love affair that defies time and place.

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