Lex

Browse

GenresShelvesPremiumBlog

Company

AboutJobsPartnersSell on LexAffiliates

Resources

DocsInvite FriendsSupport

Legal

Terms of ServicePrivacy Policygeneral@lex-books.com(215) 703-8277

© 2026 LexBooks, Inc. All rights reserved.

Devil is an Ass

Ben Jonson

Devil is an Ass

Devil is an Ass

Ben Jonson

Written in 1616 by Ben Jonson, 'The Devil is an Ass' is a satirical comedy that follows Pug, a lesser devil, who is sent to Earth by Satan to tempt humans into sin. Arriving in London, Pug encounters a host of corrupt characters, including con men and seductresses, revealing a society rife with vice. The play critiques human folly and moral corruption, making it a notable work in Jonson's oeuvre for its sharp social commentary and comedic elements.

LibriVox

An inferior devil, Pug, asks Satan to send him to Earth to tempt men to Evil. But when Pug arrives in 1616 London and se...

X-Ray

Book cover
Audiobook
Human narrated
Human

Read by

Group Narration

3 readers

ToddHW, Chuck Williamson, Alan Mapstone, Rob Marland +23 more

More books from this author

Ben Jonson
Ben Jonson
1573?-1637

Influential English playwright and poet known for pioneering the comedy of humours.

TheAlchemist

Ben Jonson

The Alchemist

Volpone; Or,the Fox

1607

Ben Jonson

Every Man inHis Humor

1598

Ben Jonson

The Devil Isan Ass

1616

Ben Jonson

The Devil Is an Ass

BartholomewFair: AComedy

1614

Ben Jonson

Bartholomew Fair: A Comedy

Epicoene;Or, theSilent Woman

1610

Ben Jonson

DiscoveriesMade uponMen andMatter an...

Ben Jonson

Sejanus: HisFall

1605

Ben Jonson

Cynthia'sRevels; Or,the Fountainof Self-Love

Ben Jonson

ThePoetaster

1913

Ben Jonson

More books like this

right arrow

The Works ofJohnMarston.Volume 3

John Marston

The Works of John Marston. Volume 3

RecentlyRecovered"Lost" TudorPlays wit...

Unknown

Amphitryon

1995

Molière

The King ofthe DarkChamber

1910

Rabindranath Tagore

The King of the Dark Chamber

The Growthof EnglishDrama

1914

Arnold Wynne

Jane Shore:A Tragedy,in Five Acts

1714

Nicholas Rowe

TitusAndronicus

1594

William Shakespeare

Titus Andronicus

Much AdoAboutNothing

William Shakespeare

Jeppe on theHill; Or,TheTransform...

Ludvig Holberg

ACounterfeitPresentment;And, the...

William Dean Howells

Shakespear...Treatment ofLove &Marriage,...

C. H. Herford

Shakespeare's Treatment of Love & Marriage, and Other Essays

The Miracleof SaintAnthony

1917

Maurice Maeterlinck

The Miracle of Saint Anthony

Sganarelle,Or, theSelf-Decei...Husband

Molière

Fires of St.John: ADrama inFour Acts

Hermann Sudermann

Three Plays

A. A. Milne

Three Plays

At HotelOn-De-Blink:AnEntertain...

George P. Seiler

At Hotel On-De-Blink: An Entertainment in Two Parts