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Level & Subject: GCSE 9-1 English Literature
Next exam: June 2026
Exam Board: Cambridge Assessment International Education
Level & Subject: International AS & A Level Literature in English
This edition of The Merchant of Venice is perfect for GCSE-level and A-level students, with the complete play in an accessible format, on-page notes, introduction setting the context, timeline, character and theme indexes.
This is Book 11 in the Collins Classroom Classics Series. See all Collins Classroom Classics books here.
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William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, and was baptised on 26 April 1564. His father was a glove maker and wool merchant and his mother, Mary Arden, was the daughter of a well-to-do local land owner. Shakespeare was probably educated in Stratford's grammar school. In 1582 he married Anne Hathaway, and the couple had a daughter t
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