The Alchemist, 1612

About this book

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

• alchemist (jonson, ben)
• alchemists
• alchemists -- drama
• british and irish drama (dramatic works by one author)
• catalogs
• city and town life
• city and town life -- drama
• comedies
• drama
• english drama
• english drama -- 17th century
• english drama (comedy)
• fiction
• general
• literature: classics
• london (england)
• london (england) -- drama
• open library staff picks
• silverwork
• women, employment, great britain