Zuleika Dobson or An Oxford Love Story.
by Beerbohm, Max
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann, 1911. Zuleika Dobson largely employs a third-person narrator limited to the character of Zuleika, then shifting to that of the Duke, then halfway through the novel suddenly becoming a first-person narrator who claims inspiration from the Greek Muse Clio, with his all-seeing narrative perspective provided by Zeus. This allows the narrator to also see the ghosts of notable historical visitors to Oxford, who are present but otherwise invisible to the human characters at certain times in the novel, adding an element of the supernatural. Dr. Robert Mighall in his Afterword to the New Centenary Edition of Zuleika, writes: "Zuleika is of the future ... [Beerbohm] anticipates an all-too-familiar feature of the contemporary scene: the D-list talent afforded A-list media attention." Beerbohm began writing the book in 1898, finishing in 1910, with Heinemann publishing it 26 October 1911. He saw it not as a novel, but rather as "the work of a leisurely essayist amusing himself with a narrative idea.
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- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 131261
- Title
- Zuleika Dobson or An Oxford Love Story.
- Author
- Beerbohm, Max
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1911
- Keywords
- Max Beerbohm First Edition, Zuleika Dobson First Edition
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