Zuleika Dobson; Or, an Oxford Love Story

by Max Beerbohm

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Zuleika Dobson, full title Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story, is a 1911 novel by Max Beerbohm, a satire of undergraduate life at Oxford. It was his only novel, but was nonetheless very successful. This satire includes the famous line "Death cancels all engagements" and presents a corrosive view of Edwardian Oxford. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Zuleika Dobson 59th on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. The book 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.
  • ISBN10 0344973751
  • ISBN13 9780344973758
  • Publish Date 9 November 2018 (first published 3 November 2004)
  • Publish Status Unknown
  • Imprint Franklin Classics Trade Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 348
  • Language English