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Bezig met laden... Zuleika Dobson (1911)door Max Beerbohm
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Quitting at 18%. I find the strange writing style with constantly inverted word order annoying, the tone irritating and the 'plot' slow to develop. ( ) He's an engaging, albeit dated prose stylist, and he can be very amusing. But this book proceeds to it's conclusion, and then kind of meanders around for several more chapters. There are odd bits of business, like the ghosts of George Sand and Chopin dropping in on a central character's piano recital. Actually ghosts abound in this book. If you like Wodehouse you'll find things to like here, but it's reputation as a timeless classic is a little much. What a pleasant surprise this book was. I found it at a paperback trade-in shop, and bought it because of the incredible cover. I didn't know until I was well into it that it's considered a Beerbohm classic. The prose can be challenging; I could have had a dictionary beside me constantly if I decided I wanted to look up every word I didn't know. I didn't. Maybe if I reread it someday. I didn't think it would conclude the way it did, because I never can quite believe what lengths men will go to for a beautiful, irresistible woman. Good grief! This is what one might call a romantic picaresque tale. For the titular character has many romances and is more often than not irresistible to men. This seems to be more of a curse than a blessing. Whatever happens this is a uniquely witty and fantastic satire on the mores of nineteenth century England. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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HTML: Zuleika Dobson is a conjurer by trade and a femme fatale by nature. She visits her uncle at Oxford University and all the young men studying there fall in love with her. She is unable to love any man who is not impervious to her charm, and her frustrated suitors are driven to suicide. The novel is a wicked, funny look inside Edwardian Oxford. .Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.912Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1901-1945LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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