Length3h 53m
About this audiobook
The Alchemist is a comedy by English playwright Ben Jonson. First performed in 1610 by the King's Men, it is generally considered Jonson's best and most characteristic comedy; Samuel Taylor Coleridge believed that it had one of the three most perfect plots in literature. The play's clever fulfilment of the classical unities and vivid depiction of human folly have made it one of the few Renaissance plays (except the works of Shakespeare) with a continuing life on stage, apart from a period of neglect during the Victorian era.
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GenreHumor, General Fiction
Length3 hrs 53 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 29, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1INTRODUCTION
6ACT 1. SCENE 1.1.
2TO THE READER.
7ACT 2. SCENE 2.1.
3DRAMATIS PERSONAE.
8ACT 3. SCENE 3.1.
4ARGUMENT.
9ACT 4. SCENE 4.1.
5PROLOGUE.
10ACT 5. SCENE 5.1.
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