This was Max Beerbohm's only novel. It concerns the devastating and hilarious effect that the extraordinarily beautiful Zuleika Dobson on the men around her, as they are invariably driven to suicide by her unattainability. She, in turn, can only love one who is blind to her charms. A wonderful mix of realism and fantasy, and a marvelous spoof of ...
This was Max Beerbohm's only novel. It concerns the devastating and hilarious effect that the extraordinarily beautiful Zuleika Dobson on the men around her, as they are invariably driven to suicide by her unattainability. She, in turn, can only love one who is blind to her charms. A wonderful mix of realism and fantasy, and a marvelous spoof of ...
"A Christmas Garland" was first published in 1912, and has long been out of print. It consists of 17 parodies with a Christmas theme of some of the most renowned authors of the period - including Kipling, Henry James, Thomas Hardy, H.G. Wells and Conrad - written by Max Beerbohm, whose reputation as a humourist and writer remains high. It is ...
The whimsical tale of a beautiful girl who takes Oxford by storm. Written by Max Beerbohm, it is illustrated with his own sketches, and there is an introduction by Professor N. John Hall.
Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm (1872-1956) was an English parodist and caricaturist. His first book, The Works of Max Beerbohm, was published in 1896. Having been interviewed by George Bernard Shaw himself, in 1898 he followed Shaw as drama critic for the Saturday Review, on whose staff he remained until 1910. From 1935 onwards, he was an ...
The tales that make up "Seven Men and Two Others" start out as a set of "faux" memoirs set amid London literary life in the precious fin de siecle era and proceed into deliciously absurd fantasy. With a sense of fun, a hint of nostalgia, razor-sharp satire, and pitch-perfect parody, Beerbohm tugs at the affected nature of the whole literary scene- ...
Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm (1872-1956) was an English parodist and caricaturist. His first book, The Works of Max Beerbohm, was published in 1896. Having been interviewed by George Bernard Shaw himself, in 1898 he followed Shaw as drama critic for the Saturday Review, on whose staff he remained until 1910. From 1935 onwards, he was an ...
Max Beerbohm (1872 - 1956) was a British caricaturist and parodist. As a young man he was considered quite the wit and spent much time in London society. By 35 he was middle aged and a bit dull. Beerbohm was drama critic for the Saturday Review and later did broadcast radio work. A V Laider is an excellent example of leg pulling in literature. The ...
Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - If I were seeing over' a house, and found in every room an iron cage let into the wall, and were told by the caretaker that these cages were for me to keep lions in, I think I should ...
From the moment she sets foot in Oxford to stay with her grandfather, Warden of Judas College, the lovely Zuleika plays havoc with the undergraduates - and with none more than the Duke of Dorset. His actions soon precipitate a tragic turn of events.
Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm (1872-1956) was an English parodist and caricaturist. His first book, The Works of Max Beerbohm, was published in 1896. Having been interviewed by George Bernard Shaw himself, in 1898 he followed Shaw as drama critic for the Saturday Review, on whose staff he remained until 1910. From 1935 onwards, he was an ...
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