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Bookmark or Share- Volpone: Full Book Summary | SparkNotesVolpone takes place in seventeenth-century Venice, over the course of one day. The play opens at the house of Volpone, a Venetian nobleman. He and his "parasite" Mosca—part slave, part servant, part lackey—enter the shrine where Volpone keeps his gold.
- Volpone | Comedy, Restoration, Satire | BritannicaVolpone (“Fox”), a wealthy Venetian without heirs, devises a scheme to become wealthier by playing on people’s greed. With the complicity of his servant Mosca (“Fly”), Volpone pretends to be near death.
- Volpone | Folger: Early Modern English DramaVolpone. Author (s): Ben Jonson. Written for: Adult Company. Genre: Comedies. First performance: 1606. First printed: 1607.
- Volpone by Ben Jonson Plot Summary | LitChartsVolpone is an old, wealthy man without children living in Venice, Italy. With Mosca, his parasite (which means a hanger-on, a low-born servant or follower living off a wealthier person), Volpone stages an elaborate scam.
- Volpone: Study Guide | SparkNotesVolpone, written by English playwright Ben Jonson in 1606, is a satirical Jacobean comedy that unfolds in 17th-century Venice. The play follows the wealthy Volpone as he feigns illness in order to trick his greedy acquaintances into giving him gifts.
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