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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... read more
First Sentence
This, I suppose, is the context in which many of us as schoolchildren first came upon the mere name of Ben Jonson.
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- Ben Jonson (Author)
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