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Max Beerbohm's erudite wit and playful conceits represent the
pinnacle of the Aesthetic period's capacity to laugh at itself
whilst celebrating itself. This book was the author's first, and
was presented by him (with tongue lodged firmly in cheek) as a
'collected works', an august memorial to a brilliant career.
Included are all seven of his major early essays: Dandies and
Dandies on the important distinction between true Regency foppery
and its cruder modern notion; A Good Prince portraying the future
Edward VIII as an already demanding baby monarch; 1880 and its very
recent but already intriguingly faded charms; King George the
Fourth rigorously reappraising the Regent; The Pervasion of Rouge
celebrating the return of artifice after far too long a naturalcy;
Poor Romeo imagining the story behind a laughing-stock of the
Regency stage; and Diminuendo charting the author's own course,
firstly to disillusion, and then to retirement in outmoded
greatness at the age of 23 Though these essays were justly
acclaimed in their time, their magnificence is such that they also
demand the highest accolades in ours, replete as they are with
undiminished colour and spectacle, humour and barbed excellence.
MAX BEERBOHM was born in 1872. He attended Merton College in
Oxford, but left without completing his degree. He was a regular
contributor to magazines (where these essays originally appeared)
and a caricaturist of world renown. He married Florence Kahn in
1910. They moved to Rapallo in Italy and stayed there, apart from
the period of the two world wars, for the rest of their lives.
Knighted in 1939, Sir Max died in 1956.
George Hell is a shallow man, fond of gambling, drinking, and
womanizing. Set in his socialite ways, George does whatever it
takes to satisfy his desires. However, when cupid strikes George
with his arrow, his lavish life is thrown into disarray. Now head
over heels for a young dancer named Jenny, George immediately
proposes to her, confident that no woman can resist him. But, after
Jenny rejects George, claiming that she would only marry a man with
the face of a saint, George is forced to reflect on his lifestyle.
First, he attempts to buy a solution, going to a shop to buy a mask
of a saint's face. Now assuming a new identity of George Heaven,
George proposes to Jenny once again, hoping that his new identity
will trick Jenny into falling in love with him. When she agrees to
marry him, George is delighted that his plan worked, but cannot
abandon his charade. Slowly, with the help of Jenny's love, George
is able to let go of his vain nature, growing to be a better
person. However, as Jenny and George enjoy their new, happy life,
George's ex-lover, La Gambogi, resents the sentiment. Determined to
prove that George is not the man he says he is, La Gambogi sets out
to expose George's true face. Featuring masterful storytelling and
themes of redemption, true love, and morality, The Happy Hypocrite
by Max Beerbohm is a bright comedy with a valuable message. With
complex characters and exemplary prose, Beerbohm's work is clever
and entertaining, inspiring laughter and reflection. First
published in 1897, The Happy Hypocrite continues to be humorous
centuries later, appealing to the wit of modern readers. This
edition of The Happy Hypocrite by Max Beerbohm features an
eye-catching new cover design and is printed in a font that is both
modern and readable. With these accommodations, The Happy Hypocrite
caters to a contemporary audience while preserving the original
levity of Beerbohm's work.
From its magnificent first sentence, "None, it is said, of all who
revelled with the Regent, was half so wicked as Lord George
Hell..." The Happy Hypocrite exerts a hypnotizing charm. Sir Max
Beerbohm's 'fairy tale for tired men' is one of the pinnacles of
1890s chic and elegance. His famously rich style, laced with equal
parts of tenderness and severity, serves up a story of love, and,
more importantly, what we will do for it. George Hell's life as a
Regency buck is turned upside down when Jenny Mere, a dancer,
arrives in his life. It only remains for him to live up to the pure
expectations of this lowly girl. Will he succeed, or will his old
wicked habits die hard? Will the world let him forget them? He
decides that certain extraordinary measures are necessary to
achieve this lofty aim, but never guesses just how much power his
love has - and is miraculously transformed. First published in
Volume XI of the legendary Yellow Book in 1896, this beautiful
fable crowned Beerbohm's reputation as a weaver of glorious fabrics
of prose. This edition reproduces George Sheringham's splendid
illustrations, first seen in the edition of 1915. Born in 1872, Max
Beerbohm was a regular contributor to magazines, a playwright, a
novelist and, crucially, an essayist and caricaturist. He married
Florence Kahn in 1910; they moved to Rapallo in Italy and stayed
there, apart from the periods of the two world wars, for the rest
of their lives. Knighted in 1939, Sir Max died in 1956.
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Max Beerbohm
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