Zuleika Dobson, Or, an Oxford Love Story
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Zuleika Dobson, Or, an Oxford Love Story

by Sir Max Beerbohm

1911•Comedy•252 pages

Taste attributes: comedydramaromancefresh & originallightlinearglossyenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipself destruction/implosionsocial commentary

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Boxlist takeA glossy comic novel that is original, light and contained. Best if you like polish over grit.

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5.0 / 5

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About This Book

That old bell, presage of a train, had just sounded through Oxford station; and the undergraduates who were waiting there, gay figures in tweed or flannel, moved to the margin of the platform and gazed idly up the line.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ComedyDramaRomanceComplex relationshipSelf destruction/implosionSocial commentary

Subjects

College studentsYoung womenEnglish College storiesEnglish Love storiesMan-woman relationshipsUniversity of Oxford in fictionYoung women in fictionCollege students in fiction

Details

Author
Sir Max Beerbohm
Published
1911
Pages
252
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