Beerbohm's only novel is a satire of university life at Oxford in the very early twentieth century.

The characters are drawn deeply, defined by their timeless traits such as vanity, insouciance, youth and passion. Zuleika (pronounced leek, not like) is a femme fatale as striking and deadly as Becky Sharp, although much more naive. Zuleika Dobson is a brilliant Edwardian satire on Oxford life by one of English literature's most glittering wits that now reads as something much darker and more compelling. Yet Very funny.

Beerbohm is poking fun at everyone and everything. Published We’d love your help. Beerbohm always has a sharp view of his society and culture, and this was the only novel he wrote, amongst all his shorter writings. ‘Zuleika Dobson is a highly accomplished and superbly written book whose spirit is farcical,’ said E. M. Forster.

Zuleika the Great, in Oxford, a new musical Zuleika the Great, in Oxford, a new musical Based on "Zuleika Dobson, an Oxford Romance" by Max Beerbohm about the show 037575248X This is a satire, a farce really, of Edwardian era life at Oxford University. There is no need to worry about spoilers, the book does that for you very near the beginning. There are bursts of magic realism occasional ghosts, Greek gods and lots of style with no depth.

Zuleika (pronounced leek, not like) is a femme fatale as striking and deadly as Becky Sharp, although much more naive. The language proves so elevated (for comic effect) that even the most devoted lexicologist stands to expand his or her vocabulary. The book is overwritten not to a fault, but to its credit. I wish to speak to a Mr. David, spelled with a little d. From the Isle of Long.-Good day. ], 1922 edition Note: First published 1911 Language: English: LoC Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature: Subject: Young women -- Fiction Subject: Love stories Subject: College stories Subject: College students -- Fiction Subject: University of Oxford -- Fiction Subject

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One woman's beauty fells the whole of Oxford in this sidesplitting classic campus novel.Nobody could predict the consequences when ravishing Zuleika Dobson arrives at Oxford, to visit her grandfather, the college warden. $21.24. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Zuleika Dobson or, An Oxford Love Story Author: Max Beerbohm Release … Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. It somehow manages to capture the universal, while deeply buried in the particular. Most of the characters are as shallow as puddles. The story is essentially all about death, suicide in fact, while also being a light-hearted magical realist Oxford farce. so funny and charming, so iridescent yet so profound.’ Originally published in 1911, Max Beerbohm’s sparklingly wicked satire concerns the unlikely events that occur when a femme fatale briefly enters the supremely … The advisors who put this book on the Modern Library Top 100 should be taken out and shot!This is a highly-entertaining farce.

Among his… Henry Maximilian Beerbohm, the essayist, caricaturist, critic, and short story writer who endures as one of Edwardian England’s leading satirists, was born in London on August 24, 1872, into a large and prosperous family of Baltic German descent. Zuleika Dobson is a highly accomplished and superbly written book whose spirit is farcical," said E. M. Forster. My goal in life is to someday look up a book and find out that El hasn't already read it.The best way to read Zuleika Dobson is to suspend disbelief and to put one's brain in parking mode.

I found it difficult to get through, despite its short length and its occasional brilliance (some would, I guess, say consistent brilliance).

There is no need to worry about spoilers, the book does that for you very near the beginning. I believe this was his only novel.Beerbohm was famous during his era for his witty, airy essays and short works of various types. I was impressed by the vividly characters and the depth of the satire. Thirty-four years after the publication of her dystopian classic, The Handmaid's Tale, Atwood returns to continue the story of Offred. What a strange book.

Nov 01, 2000 | ISBN 9780679641162 Henry Maximilian Beerbohm, the essayist, caricaturist, critic, and short story writer who endures as one of Edwardian England’s leading satirists, was born in London on August 24, 1872, into a large and prosperous family of Baltic German descent. And even today, it has moments that are still darn funny.

If this is satire, it is of mean quality.An absolute gem. A satire of life at Oxford during the Edwardian years. Comedy with a touch of darkness, this novel is well written and vIt didn't take me long to realize my leg was being pulled. Modern Library liked it well enough to put it on their list of 100 best English language novels of the 20th century. Max Beerbohm ZULEIKA DOBSON Modern Library Edition. I've no idea why it took me so long to read this. Way over the top characters who weren't exactly appealing. September 14th 1998 Max Beerbohm, equal parts gifted artist and writer delivered a time capsule of Oxford circa 1910. It just works. It has to be. Originally published in 1911, Max Beerbohm's sparklingly wicked satire concerns the unlikely events that occur when a femme fatale briefly enters the supremely …

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