num_pages: 254
description: "A stirring book of fable and fantasy...outrageously readable."―Fay Weldon 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 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. Reading group guide included.
language: English
title: Shylock's Daughter: A Novel of Love in Venice
titlecomplete: Shylock's Daughter: A Novel of Love in Venice
genres: Fiction, Historical, American, Italy, Romance, Time Travel, Novels, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, 20th Century
ratings_count: 479
places: Venice
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company