Seven Men And Two Others
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A masterwork of literary portraiture and satirical wit, Seven Men and Two Others presents a collection of fictional memoirs in which the narrator — a thinly veiled version of Max Beerbohm himself — recalls his encounters with a series of magnificently absurd characters from the Edwardian literary world. Each vignette chronicles the fate of a different eccentric figure, from the hapless would-be poet Enoch Soames, who makes a Faustian bargain to glimpse his own literary legacy, to the pompous Savonarola Brown, whose unfinished tragedy is recounted with devastating comic precision. Beerbohm's prose is elegant and arch, wielding irony as a scalpel to dissect vanity, artistic pretension, and the cruel indifference of posterity. The tone throughout is one of affectionate mockery, balancing genuine warmth for its subjects with a sharp awareness of human folly. Originally published in 1919 and later expanded, this collection stands as one of the finest examples of English comic writing, illustrating Beerbohm's unrivaled gift for blending the fantastical with the acutely observed.
Author: Max Beerbohm
Format: Hardback
Published: 1966, Oxford University Press
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A masterwork of literary portraiture and satirical wit, Seven Men and Two Others presents a collection of fictional memoirs in which the narrator — a thinly veiled version of Max Beerbohm himself — recalls his encounters with a series of magnificently absurd characters from the Edwardian literary world. Each vignette chronicles the fate of a different eccentric figure, from the hapless would-be poet Enoch Soames, who makes a Faustian bargain to glimpse his own literary legacy, to the pompous Savonarola Brown, whose unfinished tragedy is recounted with devastating comic precision. Beerbohm's prose is elegant and arch, wielding irony as a scalpel to dissect vanity, artistic pretension, and the cruel indifference of posterity. The tone throughout is one of affectionate mockery, balancing genuine warmth for its subjects with a sharp awareness of human folly. Originally published in 1919 and later expanded, this collection stands as one of the finest examples of English comic writing, illustrating Beerbohm's unrivaled gift for blending the fantastical with the acutely observed.