Volpone and The Alchemist

by Jonson, Ben

• ISBN13: 9780486436302
• ISBN10: 0486436306
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-09-10
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

These much-studied and frequently performed comedies by the great Elizabethan playwright satirize the greed, mendacity, gullibility, and pretension that Jonson saw rampant in 17h-century London society. Both plays feature colorful characters, ingenious plotting, biting wit, and sharp insight into human nature. This is the only edition to include both plays in one, inexpensive volume.

Table of Contents

Volpone
Dramatis Personae	p. ix
The Argument	p. 1
Prologue	p. 1
	p. 3
	p. 25
	p. 48
	p. 72
	p. 93
The Alchemist
Dramatis Personae	p. 125
To the Reader	p. 127
Argument	p. 129
Prologue	p. 131
	p. 133
	p. 152
	p. 178
	p. 196
	p. 224
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