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Volpone: or, The Fox. A comedy ... The Author B. J. [i.e. Ben Jonson.]
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Author: Ben JonsonVolpone
Author: Ben JonsonVolpone
Author: Ben JonsonVolpone; Or, The Fox
Author: Ben JonsonPublisher: Phoemixx Classics Ebooks
ISBN: 3986770941
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 338
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Volpone; Or, The Fox Ben Jonson - Volpone ([volpone], Italian for "sly fox") is a comedy play by English playwright Ben Jonson first produced in 16051606, drawing on elements of city comedy and beast fable. A merciless satire of greed and lust, it remains Jonson's most-performed play, and it is ranked among the finest Jacobean era comedies.
Volpone: or, The fox, a comedy
Author: Ben JonsonVolpone Or, the Fox. A Comedy, First Acted in the Year 1605. by the King's Majesty's Servants. With the Allowance of the Master of Revels. The Author Ben. Johnson
Author: Volpone
Author: Ben JonsonPublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781515120537
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Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Volpone (Italian for "sly fox") is a comedy play by English playwright Ben Jonson first produced in 1605-06, drawing on elements of city comedy and beast fable. A merciless satire of greed and lust, it remains Jonson's most-performed play, and it is ranked among the finest Jacobean Era comedies. Volpone is a Venetian gentleman who pretends to be on his deathbed, after a long illness, in order to dupe Voltore, Corbaccio, and Corvino, three men who aspire to inherit his fortune. In their turns, each man arrives to Volpone's house bearing a luxurious gift, intent upon having his name inscribed to the will of Volpone, as his heir. Mosca, Volpone's parasite servant, encourages each man, Voltore, Corbaccio, and Corvino, to believe that he has been named heir to Volpone's fortune; in the course of which, Mosca persuades Corbaccio to disinherit his own son in favour of Volpone. To Volpone, Mosca mentions that Corvino has a beautiful wife, Celia. Disguised as Scoto the Mountebank, Volpone goes to see Celia. Corvino drives away Scoto (Volpone), who then becomes insistent that he must possess Celia as his own. Mosca deceives Corvino into believing that the moribund Volpone requires sexual congress with a young woman in order to revive and rise from his deathbed. The cupidity of Corvino leads him to offer Celia, his wife, in order to please Volpone's voluptuousness, and so become his heir.
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Author: Ben Jonson