Max Beerbohm

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Max Beerbohm

(1872–1956)

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English parodist and caricaturist. Among his best-known works is his only novel, Zuleika Dobson, (1911) His caricatures, drawn usually in pen or pencil with muted watercolour tinting, are in many public collections.

Max Beerbohm

Works

- The Works of Max Beerbohm (1896)

- The Happy Hypocrite (1897)

- More (1899)

- Yet Again (1909)

- Zuleika Dobson; or, An Oxford Love Story (1911):

- 1911 UK version - (transcription project)

- 1912 US version - (transcription project)

- A Christmas Garland, Woven by Max Beerbohm (1912)

- Introduction to Men of Letters (1916) by Dixon Scott

- Seven Men (1919 UK, 1920 US) short stories PG

- Enoch Soames (1916)

- Hilary Maltby and Stephen Braxton (also as "Hilary Maltby" in The Century Magazine, Feb 1919)

- James Pethel (also in The Century Magazine, Jan 1915)

- A. V. Laider (also in The Century Magazine, June 1916)

- 'Savonarola' Brown

- Felix Argallo and Walter Ledgett (added in later editions)

- And Even Now (1920)

- A Peep into the Past (1923)

- A Gracious Act (Caricature): From a water-colour sketch. The Book of the Homeless, 1916.

Magazine stories and articles

- "A Defence of Cosmetics" in The Yellow Book, 1 (1894), pp. 65–82

- "A Letter to the Editor" in The Yellow Book, 2 (1894), pp. 281–284

- "George the Fourth" in The Yellow Book, 3 (1894), pp. 281–284

- "A Note on George the Fourth" in The Yellow Book, 3 (1894), pp. 281–284

- "1880" in The Yellow Book, 4 (1895), pp. 275–283

- "Club Types" in The Strand Magazine, 4 (21) (1892) (continued in several other issues).

- "'Fry of Wadham'" (essay: C. B. Fry) English Illustrated Magazine, 1893-94

- "Oxford at Home" in The Strand Magazine, 9 (49) (1895) by Harold George (illustrator).

- "Aubrey Beardsley" (essay) Idler magazine, 1898

- "Counsel in Season" (Pall Mall, 1901)

- "The Naming of Streets" (Pall Mall, 1902)

- "Caricatures" (Pall Mall, 1902) caricatures

- "The Laughter of the Public" (Pall Mall, 1902)

- ' "A Morris for May-Day"' essay, in Harper's Monthly Magazine, Oct 1907

- "Kolniyatsch" (satire) Harper's Weekly, Feb 14, 1914 (included in And Even Now, 1920)

- "A Relic" (ss) Harper's Monthly Magazine, May 1919

- "Hosts and Guests" (essay) Harper's Monthly Magazine, Aug 1919 (included in And Even Now, 1920)

- "William and Mary" (ss) The Century Magazine, Dec 1920

Works about Beerbohm

- "Beerbohm, Max," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)

- "Beerbohm, Max," by William George Constable in Encyclopædia Britannica (12th ed., 1922)

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1929.

This author died in 1956, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 67 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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