Volpone and Other Plays
β Scribed by Jonson, Ben
- Book ID
- 107909666
- Publisher
- Penguin Group USA, Inc.
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 481 KB
- Series
- Penguin Classics
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
In this collection of plays, now with a new title, Ben Jonson created in Volpone and The Alchemist hilarious portraits of cupidity and chicanery, while in Bartholomew Fair he portrays his fellow Londoners at their most festive--and most bawdy
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