If you were looking for the definitive Christmas anthology, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! This book is everything you want Christmas to be — loving, warm and celebratory. Timeless and adorable, beautifully designed, "The Big Book of Christmas" is a great big stocky book — stuffed with novels, novellas, short stories, poems, carols and songs. Inside you'll find: · Novels, novellas and short stories from Charles Dickens, Louisa May Alcott, Hans Christian Andersen, O. He...

Book 1: Step into the world of comedic satire with “Every Man in His Humor by Ben Jonson.” Ben Jonson's play takes a humorous look at human folly and the quirks of individual personalities, offering a delightful exploration of the comedic potential inherent in the diversity of human behavior.Book 2: Indulge in the clever machinations and deceitful plots of “Volpone; Or, The Fox by Ben Jonson.” Jonson's comedy unfol...

Volpone by Ben Jonson is offered here in a clean English digital edition prepared for fluent ebook reading. The work stands within shakespeare and gives modern readers direct access to a public-domain classic with navigable structure and a restrained typographic presentation. The opening pages establish the book's atmosphere with this first movement: Act I Scene 1 Act II Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Act III Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Scene 4 Scene 5 Scene 6 Act IV Scene 1 Scene 2 Act V Scene 1 Sce...

10 Complete Works of Ben JonsonCynthia's RevelsDiscoveries and Some PoemsEpicoeneEvery Man In His Humor (2nd version)Every Man In His HumourEvery Man Out Of His HumourSejanus - His FallThe AlchemistThe PoetasterVolpone

This book-collection file includes: The Alchemist, Cynthia's Revels, Epicoene, Every Man in His Humour, Every Man Out of His Humour, The Poetaster, Sejanus, and Volpone. It also includes Felix Schelling's introduction to the Complete Plays of Ben Jonson. According to Schelling, Jonson is "the greatest of English dramatists except Shakespeare, the first literary dictator and poet-laureate, a writer of verse, prose, satire, and criticism who most potently of all the men of his time affected ...

Dive into the world of dark comedy with The Alchemist by Ben Jonson. This classic play, set during the plague in London, masterfully portrays the tricks of three con-artists, exploiting the greed and gullibility of their victims. With its satirical lens, Jonson's play offers timeless insights into human nature and society's obsession with wealth and power. Explore the depths of human folly with The Alchemist by Ben Jonson. Order your copy today and immerse yourself in this classic portraya...

Discoveries and Some Poems is a classic English poetry collection by Ben Jonson.In this classic volume of Ben Jonson poetry we have some of the best thoughts of one of the most vigorous minds that ever added to the strength of English literature.

The Alchemist is set during a plague epidemic in the Liberty of Blackfriars in 1610 - and was first performed on tour in 1610 by the company whose London home at Blackfriars was temporarily closed due to a plague epidemic. The play is a sublimely accomplished satirical farce about people's diverse dreams of self-refinement: they all want to transform themselves into something nobler, richer, more powerful, more virile, just as base metal was supposed to be transformed into gold in the alch...

"The Alchemist" by Ben Jonson is a classic work that represents the essence of its genre. This book offers readers an engaging experience, reflecting the author’s distinctive style, depth, and vision.

A cast of distinct, exaggerated personalities clashes in a bustling city, driven by their unique obsessions and irrational quirks. Jealous husbands, boastful cowards, and mischievous servants cross paths, creating a tangled web of suspicion and deceit. As their individual eccentricities spiral out of control, a clever trickster manipulates the chaos for maximum comedic effect. This defining work perfectly captures the ridiculous lengths people go to when ruled by their base instincts. It i...

The original Harvard Classics Collection contains 51 volumes of the essential works of world literature, showing the progress of man from antics to modern age. In this edition, the original collection is supplemented with the 20 volume Harvard Shelf of Fiction, a selection of the greatest works of fiction.Content:The Harvard Classics:V. 1: Franklin, Woolman & PennV. 2: Plato, Epictetus & Marcus AureliusV. 3: Bacon, Milton, BrowneV. 4: John Milton

A sweeping journey through the foundations, triumphs, and transformations of British literature. This monumental volume gathers fifty of the most influential and enduring works ever written in the English language. From the heroic epic of Beowulf to the philosophical sublimity of the Romantic poets, from Shakespeare's immortal tragedies to the visionary science fiction of H. G. Wells, this collection traces the evolution of a literary tradition that shaped the modern world. Organized chron...