And Even Now


Lu par Kirsten Wever

(5 stars; 2 reviews)

This is a diverse collection of essays by English writer Max Beerbohm, whose circle included such notables as Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, Ezra Pound, and Somerset Maugham. Much of Beerbohm's work was humorous, including parodies of various aspects of the upper class life into which he was born.

Some of these pieces are humorous, some philosophical, and some even sad. They include, for instance: a frankly self-critical piece on the pomposity and self-importance of his early literary ambitions; a half-eager, half-repining essay on a missing and uncompleted portrait of the great German writer, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; and a funny, but politically critical essay on "the servant question." (Summary by Kirsten Wever.) (7 hr 55 min)

Chapitres

A Relic (1918) 18:55 Lu par Kirsten Wever
''How Shall I Word It?'' (1910) 18:56 Lu par Kirsten Wever
Mobled King (1911) 31:46 Lu par Kirsten Wever
Kolniyatsch (1913) 11:14 Lu par Kirsten Wever
No 2. The Pines (1914) 55:26 Lu par Kirsten Wever
A Letter That Was Not Written (1914) 12:03 Lu par Kirsten Wever
Books Within Books (1914) 24:31 Lu par Kirsten Wever
The Golden Drugget (1918) 13:31 Lu par Kirsten Wever
Hosts and Guests (1918) 34:42 Lu par Kirsten Wever
A Point to be Remembered by Very Eminent Men (1918) 19:42 Lu par Kirsten Wever
Servants (1918) 41:22 Lu par Kirsten Wever
Going Out For A Walk (1918) 9:06 Lu par Kirsten Wever
Quia Imperfectum (1918) 36:49 Lu par Kirsten Wever
Something Defeasible (July, 1919) 15:09 Lu par Kirsten Wever
'A Clergyman' (1918) 15:44 Lu par Kirsten Wever
The Crime (1920) 16:08 Lu par Kirsten Wever
In Homes Unblest (1919) 13:55 Lu par Kirsten Wever
William and Mary (1920) 32:11 Lu par Kirsten Wever
On Speaking French (1919) 19:57 Lu par Kirsten Wever
Laughter (1920) 33:56 Lu par Kirsten Wever