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A wealthy, childless magnifico feigns a terminal illness to extract extravagant gifts from a parade of greedy legacy-hunters. Each suitor debases themselves, offering up their wives, disinheriting their children, and betraying their morals for a slice of the promised fortune. But when the master manipulator's scheme grows too complex, the entire corrupt enterprise teeters on the brink of spectacular collapse. Dive into a dark, glittering comedy that savagely indicts the dehumanizing power of unbridled avarice.
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Publish dateApr 8, 2026
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Table of contents
1INTRODUCTION
2VOLPONE; OR, THE FOX: By Ben Jonson
3DRAMATIS PERSONAE: VOLPONE, a Magnifico.
4NOTARIO, the Register.: LADY WOULD-BE, Sir Politick's Wife.
5THE ARGUMENT.: V olpone, childless, rich, feigns sick, despairs,
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6ACT 1. SCENE 1.1.
7ACT 2. SCENE 2.1.
8ACT 3. SCENE 3.1.
9ACT 4. SCENE 4.1.
10ACT 5. SCENE 5.1
11IMPRINT | DISCLAIMER
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