Volpone; Or, The Fox

Ben Jonson

24 chapters · about 2 h

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The opening

ACT 1. SCENE 1.1.

A ROOM IN VOLPONE’S HOUSE.

ENTER VOLPONE AND MOSCA.

VOLP: Good morning to the day; and next, my gold: Open the shrine, that I may see my Saint.

[MOSCA WITHDRAWS THE CURTAIN, AND DISCOVERS PILES OF GOLD, PLATE, JEWELS, ETC.]

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  • The title page and opening pages before chapter 1, in 2 places
  • A preface, foreword or afterword
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