Charts
For authors

Loading this book…

A social home for readers and authors. Discover stories, build a community, and manage every launch from one place.

Closed beta · Free for readers

Apps for iOS and Android are on the way.

Read

Explore books
Authors
Charts

Publish

For authors
Plans & pricing
Join free

Company

Help center
Community guidelines
Privacy
Terms

Language

Color mode

The Alchemist, 1612 by Ben Jonson, Elizabeth Cook · Booklabria

Explore books
Ben Jonson, Elizabeth Cook
The Alchemist, 1612

DramaLondon

The Alchemist, 1612

by Ben Jonson, Elizabeth CookNot on Booklabria yet

No ratings on Booklabria yet·Be the first to rate it

Want to read this?

Join free to shelve it and hear when an author offers free copies.

Join free

No one on Booklabria has shelved this yet.

First published: 1612
Editions: 200 in 2 languages

Synopsis

Samuel Taylor Coleridge said of Ben Jonson's The Alchemist that it had one out of the three most perfect plots in literature. This play, with its sharp portrayal of human folly, is considered by many to be Jonson's best comedy. First performed 1610, its popularity has endured to this day.

Subjects: Drama
London
City and town life
Catalogs
British and irish drama
English drama
Set in: London

Content notes

No content warnings recorded yet. Catalogue records don't include them, which doesn't mean the book has none.

More by Ben Jonson, Elizabeth Cook

All books

Every man in his humour
Volpone

Ben Jonson

Reviews

No reviews on Booklabria yet. The first one starts the conversation here.

Book data and covers from Open Library (openlibrary.org).

Editions

200 in 2 languages

See all editions ›

English191 Undetermined2

The most complete records first.

See all 191 English editions

Editions and their details come from Open Library, as its contributors recorded them. Publisher names are shown as recorded. See this book on Open Library(opens Open Library)