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Shylock’s Daughter
- A Novel of Love in Venice
- Narrated by: Susan Varon
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Classics
Summary
When the beautiful 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 16th-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.
©2001 Erica Jong (P)2013 Audible, Inc.
Critic reviews
"A stirring book of fable and fantasy...outrageously readable." (Fay Weldon)
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