The Merchant of Venice-A Shakespeare Story, Matthews-Ross by Vittoria

This story was set in Venice, a city of Italy in the sixteenth century.
Bassanio was a young man from Venice. He was poor but very kind and clever. His best friend was called Antonio, he was a Venetian merchant. Bassanio was in love with a rich girl called Portia.
Portia needed to get married but her dad wrote in his will that only the person who chose the right casket could marry her. Bassanio had to borrow some money from a mean man called Shylock to go to see Portia . But because he was poor his best friend Antonio had to guarantee that the money would be returned by him self and if not Shylock would cut a piece of flesh near his heart with a knife. I liked this book because it was about a deep and strong friendship, love and kindness.