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Volpone; Or, The Fox

Ben Jonson

  • Drama
  • Book language: English
  • 229 pages

Volpone; Or, The Fox is a satirical comedy by Ben Jonson, set in Venice. A wealthy man pretends to be gravely ill while he and his servant encourage greedy suitors to compete for his inheritance with lavish gifts. It is a sharp, lively study of avarice and deception, rewarding for its wit and memorable characters.

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VOLPONE;
OR, THE FOX
By Ben Jonson
Contents
INTRODUCTION
The greatest of English dramatists except Shakespeare,
the first literary dictator and poet-laureate, a writer of
verse, prose, satire, and criticism who most potently of
all the men of his time affected the subsequent course of
English letters: such was Ben Jonson, and as such his
strong personality assumes an interest to us almost
unparalleled, at least in his age.
Ben Jonson came of the stock that was centuries after to

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Contents

  1. VOLPONE;
  2. OR, THE FOX
  3. Contents
  4. INTRODUCTION
  5. VOLPONE; OR, THE FOX
  6. DRAMATIS PERSONAE
  7. NOTARIO, the Register.
  8. THE ARGUMENT.
  9. ACT 1. SCENE 1.1.
  10. ACT 2. SCENE 2.1.
  11. ACT 3. SCENE 3.1.
  12. ACT 4. SCENE 4.1.
  13. ACT 5. SCENE 5.1
  14. GLOSSARY
  15. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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