A Bargain is a Bargain

Published: March 1, 2012, 9:30 a.m.

In this story that inspired Shakespeare\u2019s play The Merchant of Venice, a foolish young man makes a deal he cannot keep and must rely on the duke\u2019s daughter to save him. From the book Shakespeare\u2019s Storybook, retold and narrated by Patrick Ryan, and illustrated by James Mayhew.