VOLPONE

Meaning of VOLPONE in English

a comedy play (1606) by Ben Jonson . The main character, Volpone, is a rich Italian businessman who pretends that he is dying so that people give him gifts. Finally he is betrayed by his closest friend and punished. All the characters in the play are named after animals, and Volpone means ‘fox’.

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VOLPONE — Volpone BrE AmE vɒl ˈpəʊn i AmE \ vɑːl ˈpoʊn i vɔːl-
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JONSON, BENJAMIN — born June 11?, 1572, London, Eng. died Aug. 6, 1637, London British playwright, poet, and critic. After learning stagecraft as …
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