"Zuleika Dobson; Or, An Oxford Love Story" by Sir Max Beerbohm is a witty story set in Edwardian-era Oxford University, where the enchanting Zuleika Dobson turns heads and hearts. Her arrival at Oxford station throws the university into chaos, as undergraduates fall head over heels for her magnetic charm, disrupting the campus's usual order. She is strangely charming, a beautiful woman, and granddaughter to the Warden of Judas. Her relationships, especially with the Duke of Dorset, are sure to mix love, vanity, and what society expects. The story shows her juggling between not caring and wanting to be liked, hinting there's more to her than meets the eye.
Zuleika Dobson; Or, An Oxford Love Story
By Max Beerbohm
When a beautiful woman arrives at Oxford, the university is turned upside down as love, vanity, and societal expectations collide.
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About the AuthorSir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm was an English essayist, parodist and caricaturist under the signature Max. He first became known in the 1890s as a dandy and a humorist. He was the drama critic for the Saturday Review from 1898 until 1910, when he relocated to Rapallo, Italy. In his later years he was popular for his occasional radio broadcasts. Among his best-known works is his only novel, Zuleika Dobson, published in 1911. His caricatures, drawn usually in pen or pencil with muted watercolour tinting, are in many public collections.
Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm was an English essayist, parodist and caricaturist under the signature Max. He first became known in the 1890s as a dandy and a humorist. He was the drama critic for the Saturday Review from 1898 until 1910, when he relocated to Rapallo, Italy. In his later years he was popular for his occasional radio broadcasts. Among his best-known works is his only novel, Zuleika Dobson, published in 1911. His caricatures, drawn usually in pen or pencil with muted watercolour tinting, are in many public collections.
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