Antonio borrows from the moneylender Shylock on a bond of a pound of flesh to help his friend Bassanio woo Portia, who saves him in court disguised as a lawyer.
Books that mention The Merchant of Venice (14)
Main Street by Sinclair Lewis: “Perhaps the best known of his plays was "The Merchant of Venice," having a beautiful love story and a fine appreciation of a woman's brains, which a woman's club, even those who did not care to commit themselves on the question of suffrage, ought to appreciate.”
The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper: “In such a night Did This be fearfully o'ertrip the dew; And saw the lion's shadow ere himself."--Merchant of Venice”
The Pioneers by James Fenimore Cooper: “The court awards it, and the law doth give it." --Merchant of Venice.”
The Prairie by James Fenimore Cooper: “--With much more dismay, I view the fight, than those that make the fray. --Merchant of Venice.”
The Leavenworth Case by Anna Katharine Green: “For she is wise, if I can judge of her; And fair she is, if that mine eyes be true; And true she is, as she has proved herself; And therefore like herself, wise, fair, and true, Shall she be placed in my constant soul." --Merchant of Venice.”
The Man of Property by John Galsworthy: ““You will answer / The slaves are ours” —Merchant of Venice (epigraph)”
The Noise of Time by Julian Barnes: “And that moment in The Merchant of Venice where Shakespeare says that the man who doesn't like music isn't trustworthy; that such a man would be capable of a base act, even murder or treason.”
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley: “"What's in those" (remembering The Merchant of Venice) "those caskets?"”
Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow: “He also quoted Shakespeare frequently, and his letters are filled with passing references to Hamlet, Othello, The Merchant of Venice, and The Tempest.”
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King: ““You don’t even know The Merchant of Venice from Romeo and Juliet.” “You’re mean.””
In Search of a Character by Graham Greene: “...like that of a proud schoolmaster watching a school performance of The Merchant of Venice.”
Stardust by Neil Gaiman: “the "Quality of Mercy" speech from The Merchant of Venice”
Truman by David McCullough: “Harry wrote a senior-year school essay on the play, discussing Antonio and Shylock as an ideal man”
The Heir of Redclyffe by Charlotte M. Yonge: “'Tis not unknown to you, Antonio, How much I have disabled mine estate, By something showing a more swelling port Than my faint means would grant continuance. --Merchant of Venice”