Zuleika Dobson (LARGE PRINT EDITION)

Zuleika Dobson is a novel written by Max Beerbohm and is available in a large print edition. The story is set in the University of Oxford and revolves around the character of Zuleika Dobson, a beautiful and charming woman who is visiting the university. She is the granddaughter of a famous magician and is a skilled magician herself. Zuleika soon becomes the object of desire for all the male students at the university, including the Duke of Dorset. However, she is not interested in any of them and instead focuses on her magic tricks. As the story progresses, the students become increasingly infatuated with Zuleika, leading to tragic consequences. The novel is a satirical take on the obsession with beauty and the dangers of unrequited love.(LARGE PRINT EDITION) 1911. A charming, witty, and elegant man often called the incomparable Max, Beerbohm was a brilliant parodist and the master of a polished prose style. Zuleika Dobson is many sorts of a novel, but first and foremost it is the emanation of a most subtle and deadly caricaturist, a shrewd and knavish sprite amongst mortal men. Beerbohm's sparklingly wicked satire concerns the unlikely events that occur when a femme fatale briefly enters the supremely privileged, all-male domain of Judas College, Oxford. It was named as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the century, as chosen by the editorial board of the Modern Library. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.