Volpone and Other Plays

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Volpone and Other Plays

Wydawnictwo: Penguin

ISBN: 978-01-4191-498-5

ISBN bez myślników: 9780141914985

Typ okładki: Softcover

Liczba stron: 496

Data wydania: 2004-04-29

Język: angielski (Wielka Brytania)

Volpone and Other Plays

Wydawnictwo: penguin_classics

ISBN: 978-01-4144-118-4

ISBN bez myślników: 9780141441184

Typ okładki: Softcover

Liczba stron: 496

Data wydania: 2004-04-29

Język: angielski (Wielka Brytania)

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Volpone and Other Plays

Ben Jonson

Pierwsze wydanie: 2004-04-29

The three plays collected in this volume depict the faults, errors and foibles of ordinary people with exuberant humour, savage satire and acute observations. Volpone portrays a rich Venetian who pretends to be dying so that his despised acquaintances will flock to his bedside with extravagant gifts in hope of an inheritance. The Alchemist also deals with greed and gullibility, as a rascally trio of confidence tricksters, claiming to have the legendary Philosopher's Stone, fool a series of victims who are hoping to make some easy money. And in a wonderfully energetic portrait of Jacobean life, Bartholomew Fair shows a diverse group of Londoners sampling the delights and temptations of the Fair - and the traders, prostitutes and cutpurses who set out to exploit them.