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Volpone and The Alchemist (Thrift Edition)
Volpone and The Alchemist - Thrift Edition
Author: Ben Jonson
These two comedies saitirze the greed, mendacity, gullibilitiy, and pretension of 17th century London society. In Volpone (1605), a crafty rich man attempts to augment his wealth by feigning a mortal illness. His wealthy neighbors, spying the opportunity for an inheritance, vie with each other in courting the “dying” man’...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780486436302
ISBN-10: 0486436306
Publication Date: 9/10/2004
Pages: 256
Reading Level: Young Adult
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Publisher: Dover Publications
Book Type: Paperback
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