Volpone and Other Plays

Volpone and Other Plays
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Publisher : Penguin UK
Total Pages : 496
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ISBN-10 : 9780141914985
ISBN-13 : 014191498X
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Book Synopsis Volpone and Other Plays by : Ben Jonson

Download or read book Volpone and Other Plays written by Ben Jonson and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2004-04-29 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The three plays collected in this volume depict the faults, errors and foibles of ordinary people with exuberant humour, savage satire and acute observations. Volpone portrays a rich Venetian who pretends to be dying so that his despised acquaintances will flock to his bedside with extravagant gifts in hope of an inheritance. The Alchemist also deals with greed and gullibility, as a rascally trio of confidence tricksters, claiming to have the legendary Philosopher's Stone, fool a series of victims who are hoping to make some easy money. And in a wonderfully energetic portrait of Jacobean life, Bartholomew Fair shows a diverse group of Londoners sampling the delights and temptations of the Fair - and the traders, prostitutes and cutpurses who set out to exploit them.


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