Zuleika Dobson

Max Beerbohm

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Review

Miss Dobson, a conjurer by profession, enters the all-male domain of Judas College, Oxford.  Beerbohm's sparklingly amusing satire relates the events that occur after the femme fatale's arrival.  Shaw referred to Beerbohm as 'the incomparable Max' and Bertrand Russell recalled reading Zuleika Dobson with pleasure.  Not surprising - this novel is a treasure trove of charm and wit long since destroyed. - review by Rubio Lindroos