Ben Jonson
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born
June 11, 1572
died
August 06, 1637
gender
male
place of birth
Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom
genre
Poetry, Literature & Fiction
about this author
Benjamin Jonson was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he is best known for his satirical plays, particularly Volpone, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair, which are considered his best, and his lyric poems. A man of vast reading and a seemingly insatiable appetite for controversy, Jonson had an unparalleled breadth of influence on Jacobean and Caroline playwrights and poets. A house in Dulwich College is named after him.
books by Ben Jonson
combine editionsavg rating: 3.58 | 544 ratings | 130 distinct works
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Volpone (Dover Thrift Editions) by Ben Jonson avg rating 3.71 — 77 ratings — published 1994 14 editions |
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The Alchemist (Paperback) by Ben Jonson avg rating 3.42 — 42 ratings — published 2007 22 editions |
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Volpone and Other Plays (Penguin Classics) by Ben Jonson avg rating 3.40 — 43 ratings — published 2004 |
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Bartholomew Fair (Revels Student Editions) by Ben Jonson avg rating 3.96 — 23 ratings — published 2001 |
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Epicoene, or The Silent Woman (New Mermaids) by Ben Jonson avg rating 3.43 — 23 ratings — published 1979 |
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The Complete Poems (Penguin Classics) by Ben Jonson avg rating 4.00 — 28 ratings — published 1988 3 editions |
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Five Plays (Oxford World's Classics) by Ben Jonson avg rating 4.18 — 11 ratings — published 1999 2 editions |
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The Alchemist and other Plays (Paperback) by Ben Jonson avg rating 3.73 — 11 ratings — published 1998 |
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Ben Jonson's Plays and Masques (Second Edition) by Ben Jonson avg rating 3.73 — 11 ratings — published 2000 2 editions |
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Volpone and The Alchemist (Thrift Edition) by Ben Jonson avg rating 3.33 — 6 ratings — published 2004 |
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quotes by Ben Jonson
"True happiness
Consists not in the multitude of friends,
But in the worth and choice."
— Ben Jonson
Consists not in the multitude of friends,
But in the worth and choice."
— Ben Jonson
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friendship
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"Riches, the dumb god that giv'st all men tongues, / That canst do nought, and yet mak'st men do all things; / The price of souls; even hell, with thee to boot, / Is made worth heaven!"
— Ben Jonson (Volpone; Or, the Fox)
— Ben Jonson (Volpone; Or, the Fox)
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virtue
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"Mischiefs feed / Like beasts, till they be fat, and then they bleed."
— Ben Jonson (Volpone; Or, the Fox)
— Ben Jonson (Volpone; Or, the Fox)
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virtue
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