Volpone and The Alchemist

by Ben Jonson

Book Overview

Much-studied and frequently performed, these comedies by the great Elizabethan playwright Ben Jonson satirize the greed, mendacity, gullibility, and pretension of seventeenth-century London society. Both plays abound in colorful characters, ingenious plotting, biting wit, and sharp insight into human nature. In Volpone (1605), a crafty rich man attempts to augment his wealth by feigning a mortal illness. His wealthy neighbors, spying the opportunity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486436306
• ISBN13: 9780486436302
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher