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Volpone

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3 out of 5
Based on 3,465 Ratings and 78 Reviews

Book Description

Volphone's reverential prayer to his heaps of gold launches the sharpest, funniest play about money and morals in the 17th century - a play still wickedly relevant on the same topics four centuries later. Ben Jonson's comedy depicts selfishness thinly veiled by sanctimonious speeches, lust and possessiveness poorly disguised as love and marriage, and cynical legalism passing itself off as pure ... More

Book Information
PublisherMethuen Drama
BindingPaperback (115 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages174
ISBN-100713654333
ISBN-13978-0713654332
Publication Date02/28/2003
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About Ben Jonson (Author) : Ben Jonson is a published author of children's books. Some of the published credits of Ben Jonson include Alchemist, Motocross (Crabtree Contact).
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About Robert N. Watson (Editor) : Robert N. Watson is a published editor. Published credits of Robert N. Watson include Volpone (New Mermaids).
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