Zuleika Dobson is a stunningly attractive young woman of the Edwardian era, a true femme fatale, who is a prestidigitator by profession, formerly a governess. Zuleika's current occupation (though, more importantly, perhaps, her enrapturing beauty) has made her something of a small-time celebrity and she manages to gain entrance to the privileged, all-male domain of Oxford University because her grandfather is the Warden of Judas College (based on Merton College, Beerbohm's alma mater). There, she falls in love for the first time...
Zuleika Dobson
"An Oxford Love Story"
By Max Beerbohm
Zuleika Dobson is a stunningly attractive young woman of the Edwardian era, a true femm...
A Christmas Garland, Woven - A Collection of Seventeen Parodies by Max Beerbohm - A Christmas Garland, Woven by Max Beerbohm is a collection of seventeen parodies written by English caricaturist, essayist and parodist Max Beerbohm. It was first published in the United Kingdom in October 1912 by Heinemann and in 1918 in the United States by Dutton & Co. of New York. Beerbohm had a gift for parody, and A Christmas Garland is perhaps the best collection of parodies ever written in English. In his book Beerbohm parodied the style of popular writers of his day. These were Henry James, George...
A Christmas Garland, Woven - A Collection of Seventeen Parodies by Max Beerbohm - A Christmas Garland, Woven by Max Beerbohm is a collection of sevent...
