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Shylock's Daughter
By
Brian Murdoch (trans) and
Mirjam Pressler
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Publication date
January 12, 2001
Pages
272
Binding
Paperback
Edition
New
Book category
Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-13
9780330484107
ISBN-10
0330484109
Dimensions
1 by 5.25 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.45 lbs.
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$9.50
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Jessica, the 16-year old daughter of miserly pawnbroker Shylock, feels trapped by the endless rules of the 16th-century Venetian ghetto, until she falls for Lorenzo, a handsome and charming aristocrat. But it is a doomed passion - for Jessica is a Jew and Lorenzo a Christian.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: 'Facinating and Moving' Sunday Times Venice, 1568 Jessica is sixteen - and trapped. She's tired of the endless rules of the Jewish Ghetto. Tired of her father Shylock's meanness. Now she wants to be free. Lorenzo is everything Jessica ever wanted - handsome, charming, aristoratic and flattering. Jessica can't help but fall in love. After all, Lorenzo is surely her way into a wonderful new life. But Lorenzo is a Christian and Jessica is a Jew. And the price of freedom can be desperately high... 'Extraordinarily powerful.' Literary Review 'An eye-opening and empathetic novel, with resonancesfor any society where racism exists and cultures clash. Nicolette Jones, Sunday Times
Editions
Hardcover
from Phyllis Fogelman Books (June 1, 2001)
9780803726673 | details & prices | 266 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.90 lbs | List price $17.99
About: Sixteen-year-old Jessica, who longs to be free of the restrictions of her father and life in the Jewish ghetto of sixteen-century Venice, falls in love with a Christian aristocrat and must make choices which will affect her whole family.
About: Sixteen-year-old Jessica, who longs to be free of the restrictions of her father and life in the Jewish ghetto of sixteen-century Venice, falls in love with a Christian aristocrat and must make choices which will affect her whole family.
Paperback
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New edition from Pan Macmillan (January 12, 2001)
9780330484107 | details & prices | 272 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $9.50
About: Jessica, the 16-year old daughter of miserly pawnbroker Shylock, feels trapped by the endless rules of the 16th-century Venetian ghetto, until she falls for Lorenzo, a handsome and charming aristocrat.
About: Jessica, the 16-year old daughter of miserly pawnbroker Shylock, feels trapped by the endless rules of the 16th-century Venetian ghetto, until she falls for Lorenzo, a handsome and charming aristocrat.
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