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  • The Dreadful Dragon of Hay Hill
    Max Sir Beerbohm
    Step into a uniquely imaginative London with Max Beerbohm’s 'The dreadful dragon of Hay Hill'. This masterwork of satirical and humorous fiction transports readers to an unexpected prehistoric past, where ancient beings roam the familiar streets of the city. Beerbohm, renowned for his wit, brilliantly intertwines historical and fantastical elements, presenting a world where pre...
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    17,33 €

  • Seven Men
    Max Beerbohm
    Seven men is a collection of stories that examines ambition, artistic struggle, and the human desire for recognition through wit, satire, and subtle supernatural elements. The opening story introduces a poet whose aspirations for literary fame remain unfulfilled, highlighting the gap between personal ambition and public acknowledgment. Through the perspective of a contemporary ...
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    10,71 €

  • Enoch Soames A Memory Of The Eighteen-Nineties
    Max Beerbohm
    Enoch Soames: A memory of the eighteen nineties is a satirical novella exploring themes of artistic ambition and the quest for literary fame. The narrative follows a fictional poet whose yearning for recognition leads him to make a pact with the devil. This deal allows him to travel a century into the future to discover how his work is remembered. Despite his persistent hope, h...
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    9,60 €

  • Zuleika Dobson
    Max Beerbohm
    A dazzling satire of Edwardian Oxford, Zuleika Dobson follows a beguiling femme fatale whose charms drive an entire university mad with love-and tragedy. Max Beerbohm’s only novel is a brilliant blend of wit, whimsy, and biting social commentary, lampooning vanity, romance, and the absurdities of youthful obsession. ...
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    16,16 €

  • Zuleika Dobson; Or, An Oxford Love Story
    Sir Max Beerbohm
    Zuleika Dobson; Or, An Oxford Love Story' is a classic book, that has held significant value throughout history, and to ensure its timeless wisdom is never lost, Alpha Editions has carefully preserved it by republishing it in a modern, accessible format for both present and future generations. Thoughtfully reformatted, retyped, and newly designed, this edition offers a clear an...
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    16,14 €

  • Yet Again
    Sir Max Beerbohm
    Yet Again, stands as a beacon in the world of books, bridging the gap between past and present. Once considered among the old books, this classic work-like so many forgotten and ancient books-has shaped our understanding of culture and history. It’s a remarkable example of history books that have influenced generations, and now, through the dedication of Alpha Editions-your tru...
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    15,74 €

  • A Christmas Garland
    Max Beerbohm
    'A Christmas Garland' is a collection of Christmas stories written by Max Beerbohm, an English essayist, caricaturist, and humorist. The book was first published in 1912. Max Beerbohm is known for his wit and satire, and this collection is no exception. The book features a series of short stories and essays that capture the spirit of Christmas, often with a humorous or satirica...
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    11,80 €

  • A Christmas Garland
    Max Beerbohm
    At the height of his powers in 1912, with the splendour of Zuleika Dobson (released the previous year) still glowing, Max Beerbohm was able to place a crowning seal upon his reputation as a parodist.Collecting together eight pieces which had already graced the pages of the Saturday Review, he wove in a further nine to create a compendium of brilliance in the art.No major writer...
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    12,99 €

  • Yet Again
    Max Beerbohm
    Yet Again by Max Beerbohm is a collection of essays that blends sharp wit, humor, and insightful social commentary. Through these essays, Beerbohm examines the peculiarities and absurdities of modern life, often highlighting the contradictions and ironies that shape human behavior. In Seeing People Off, he reflects on the discomfort of goodbyes, while in A Club in Ruins, he exp...
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    13,80 €

  • And Even Now
    Max Beerbohm
    And Even Now by Sir Max Beerbohm is a collection of essays that showcases the author’s trademark wit and sharp observations on various aspects of life, culture, and human nature. Written in the early 20th century, the essays reveal Beerbohm’s deep insights into the complexities of modern existence, blending humor with reflection.The collection opens with A Relic, an essay in wh...
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    13,82 €

  • The Works Of Max Beerbohm
    Max Beerbohm
    The Works of Max Beerbohm by Sir Max Beerbohm is a collection of essays and reflections that offers a sharp and humorous commentary on dandyism and the culture of elegance. Written in the late 19th century, the collection explores the significance of personal style and the role of self-presentation in shaping one’s identity within the upper echelons of society.One of the key th...
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    11,81 €

  • Zuleika Dobson Or An Oxford Love Story
    Max Beerbohm
    Zuleika Dobson, or An Oxford Love Story by Max Beerbohm is a satirical and absurd comedy set in the prestigious world of Oxford University. The novel follows Zuleika Dobson, a stunningly beautiful young woman who arrives at Oxford and unwittingly becomes the center of a romantic frenzy among the male students. Her arrival causes an uproar, and nearly every young man in Oxford f...
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    15,28 €

  • The Happy Hypocrite A Fairy Tale for Tired Men
    Sir Max Beerbohm
    'The Happy Hypocrite: A Fairy Tale for Tired Men' by Sir Max Beerbohm is a masterpiece of English literature, blending satire and irony to dissect Victorian society’s moral hypocrisy. Through clever characterization and literary humor, Beerbohm delivers a scathing social commentary on the duality of human nature. The protagonist, Lord George Hell, embodies the paradox of morali...
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    9,84 €

  • Seven Men [Excerpts]
    Sir Max Beerbohm
    Seven Men [Excerpts] , is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and redesigned. These books are n...
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    21,64 €

  • A Christmas Garland
    Max Beerbohm
    'A Christmas Garland' is a collection of Christmas stories written by Max Beerbohm, an English essayist, caricaturist, and humorist. The book was first published in 1912. Max Beerbohm is known for his wit and satire, and this collection is no exception. The book features a series of short stories and essays that capture the spirit of Christmas, often with a humorous or satirica...
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    12,16 €

  • A Peep Into the Past
    Sir Max Beerbohm
    A Peep Into the Past, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned cop...
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    18,53 €

  • More
    Max Beerbohm
    Max Beerbohm’s More is a brilliant collection of essays and caricatures by one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. Witty, insightful, and often irreverent, these pieces offer a unique perspective on art, culture, and society in the early 1900s.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilizatio...
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    23,22 €

  • Zuleika Dobson
    Max Beerbohm
    Zuleika Dobson is the granddaughter of the Warden of Judas College, Oxford. She is also a famed prestidigitator, with a somewhat lively reputation and questionable skill! However, she is one thing absolutely and without question: a beauty. Youths are reputed to have died for love of her.When she arrives in Oxford on a visit to her grandfather, the many young men of the colleges...
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    13,90 €

  • A Christmas Garland
    Max Beerbohm
    This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and readable. ...
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    12,06 €

  • Enoch Soames
    Sir Max Beerbohm
    A 1-2 line hook: A sharp, sparkling doorway into fin de siècle London, where memory can travel as swiftly as the imagination.Enoch Soames: A Memory Of The Eighteen-Nineties is a masterclass in comic, urbane storytelling that blends humorous fantasy fiction with quiet, unsettling questions about selfhood. In a compact literary satire novella, Beerbohm crafts a time travel metaph...
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    16,20 €

  • The Happy Hypocrite
    Max Beerbohm
    George Hell is a shallow man, fond of gambling, drinking, and womanizing. Set in his socialite ways, George does whatever it takes to satisfy his desires. However, when cupid strikes George with his arrow, his lavish life is thrown into disarray. Now head over heels for a young dancer named Jenny, George immediately proposes to her, confident that no woman can resist him. But, ...
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    4,28 €

  • Zuleika Dobson
    Max Beerbohm
    Zuleika Dobson, full title Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story, is the only novel by Max Beerbohm, a very successful satire of undergraduate life at Oxford published in 1911. It includes the famous line 'Death cancels all engagements' and presents a corrosive view of Edwardian Oxford.Plot summaryZuleika Dobson-'though not strictly beautiful'-is a devastatingly attractive y...
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    17,54 €

  • Yet Again
    Max Beerbohm
    In 1909, ten years had elapsed since Max Beerbohm’s last volume of essays. In the  time which had passed, his style had evolved to become a little more elegiac, a little less over-consciously clever.  Yet Again gave full voice to his new mode, moulded by constant journalism into a superb clear flow. Still present are trenchantly funny criticism of banality, gorgeous erudition, ...
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    16,00 €

  • Zuleika Dobson Or An Oxford Love Story
    Max Beerbohm
    This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature.In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards:1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the sa...
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    14,34 €

  • A Christmas Garland / Woven by Max Beerbohm
    Max Beerbohm / G. K. (Gilbert Keith) 1874- Chesterton / GK(Gilbert Keith) 1874- Chesterton
    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important ...
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    20,88 €

  • More
    Max Beerbohm
    Max Beerbohm presents in More a collection of twenty brilliantly amusing essays. In a wide-ranging tour through both the inspiring and the ridiculous in English fin de siecle society, Beerbohm casts a veiled critical drubbing here, and a wistful though sprightly appreciation there, thoroughly entertaining us and accurately spearing his victims.Some of his most noted work appear...
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    12,96 €

  • Lytton Strachey
    Max Beerbohm
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    18,05 €

  • The Works of Max Beerbohm
    Max Beerbohm
    Max Beerbohm’s erudite wit and playful conceits represent the pinnacle of the Aesthetic period’s capacity to laugh at itself whilst celebrating itself. This book was the author’s first, and was presented by him (with tongue lodged firmly in cheek) as a ’collected works’, an august memorial to a brilliant career.Included are all seven of his major early essays: Dandies and Dandi...
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    11,79 €

  • A V Laider
    Max Beerbohm
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    14,32 €

  • Zuleika Dobson
    Max Beerbohm
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    28,78 €


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