Volpone and Other Plays

Volpone and Other PlaysBy: Ben Jonson The three plays collected in this volume depict the faults, errors and foibles of ordinary people with exuberant humour, savage satire and acute observations. Volpone portrays a rich Venetian who pretends to be dying so that his despised acquaintances will flock to his bedside with extravagant gifts in hope of an inheritance. The Alchemist also deals with greed and gullibility, as a rascally trio of confidence tricksters, claiming to

the constant quest for beautiful materials

and the monkeys pretending to be sea monkeys

日本國立九州大學比較社會文化研究所碩士，博士課程學分修畢。曾任臺北科技大學、世新大學等校日文兼任講師。熱愛翻譯，喜歡悠遊在文字的世界裡，在文字中冒險，在文字裡體驗人生。譯有《媽媽使用說明書》、「知識大迷宮」系列、「看漫畫輕鬆學」系列等。

The Gift of Forgiveness is a perfect blend of personal insights

This incredibly moving and powerful Printz Honor Book follows two teen boys learning to open themselves up to love

Walt Whitman

They have the Star Flute

straying toward other people and possibilities but always magnetically

By: JP Coovert | Age: 9-13 Years | English | Page: 128 | Hardback | 16

Scarlet and Ivy are thrilled to get away from Rookwood for a break

英國大英博物館：從日不落帝國掠奪黑歷史，轉變成世界館藏最多、最知名的博物館NO

kind and exciting