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Zuleika Dobson
by Max Beerbohm
This book was odd. I read this one because it is on the first page of the google doc I use to keep track of the Guardian novels. When I open that doc up I like seeing that I’ve read something.
It stars Zuleika Dobson, a beautiful young woman who visits her uncle at Oxford. While visiting she manages to make every young man on the Oxford campus fall in love with her. She is a siren and apparently does this quite often. However, her affections are not returned. She can only love one who does not love her. There are some pretty funny scenes where she think that a man doesn’t love her, and so falls in love, then finds out he does love her, and falls out of love, only to find that he has now rejected her, and falls back in love. Her visit ends in calamity when the entire campus resorts to drastic measures to get her attention.
The Author Max Beerbohm paints a lovely portrait of the Oxford grounds and culture before World War I. One that I have absolutely no idea is actuate or not. The vocabulary and literally style are supreme. For plot-minded readers like me, it was okay. For readers who love a good vocab lesson and literary expression, it was be fantastic.
I am guessing that is in the Guardian Top 1000 for several reasons. Its satire of uptight Oxford culture reveals some the mystery and prestige surrounding that name, especially in the early 20th century. Beerbohm also is a literary master and uses sentences I had never seen before. He coins the phrase “Death cancels all engagements” and generally makes a significant contribution to English literature.
It stars Zuleika Dobson, a beautiful young woman who visits her uncle at Oxford. While visiting she manages to make every young man on the Oxford campus fall in love with her. She is a siren and apparently does this quite often. However, her affections are not returned. She can only love one who does not love her. There are some pretty funny scenes where she think that a man doesn’t love her, and so falls in love, then finds out he does love her, and falls out of love, only to find that he has now rejected her, and falls back in love. Her visit ends in calamity when the entire campus resorts to drastic measures to get her attention.
The Author Max Beerbohm paints a lovely portrait of the Oxford grounds and culture before World War I. One that I have absolutely no idea is actuate or not. The vocabulary and literally style are supreme. For plot-minded readers like me, it was okay. For readers who love a good vocab lesson and literary expression, it was be fantastic.
I am guessing that is in the Guardian Top 1000 for several reasons. Its satire of uptight Oxford culture reveals some the mystery and prestige surrounding that name, especially in the early 20th century. Beerbohm also is a literary master and uses sentences I had never seen before. He coins the phrase “Death cancels all engagements” and generally makes a significant contribution to English literature.