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The Happy Hypocrite
Sir Max Beerbohm
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Sir Henry Maximilian "Max" Beerbohm was an English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist. The Happy Hypocrite: A Fairy Tale for Tired Men is a short story with moral implications. Beerbohm's tale is a lighter, more humorous version of Oscar Wilde's classic tale of moral degeneration, The Picture of Dorian Gray. The Happy Hypocrite tells the story of a man who deceives a woman with a mask in order to marry her. (Summary from Wikipedia)
Sir Henry Maximilian "Max" Beerbohm was an English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist. The Happy Hypocrite: A Fairy Tale for Tired Men is a short story with moral implications. Beerbohm's tale is a lighter, more humorous version of Oscar Wilde's classic tale of moral degeneration, The Picture of Dorian Gray. The Happy Hypocrite tells the story of a man who deceives a woman with a mask in order to marry her. (Summary from Wikipedia)
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After my introduction to Beerbohm via Zuleika Dobson, I promised to revisit this master storyteller and am pleased to say I have done so with my reading of The Happy Hypocrite.
While some second acts have been disappointing, this was certainly not one of them. After this venture, I am ready for more
Short story that's a reversal of Dorian Gray. Rather than a beautiful face hiding an evil nature, a beautiful face reforms that nature--and eventually the face. The truth of masks.
Tal y como pone en la portada, el farsante feliz, es un pequeño cuento delicioso y enternecedor.
Lo primero que he leído de su autor, Max Beerbohm me ha parecido correcto. La manera de escribir resulta elegante y fluida. Con sus descripciones concisas y unas notas al pie, la mar de curiosas e interes
The Incomparab!e Max
The most major minor author of the turn of the 19th century, Beerbohm is always a delight to read. This gentle fable about the reformation of a Victorian cad is a good example of his unique qualities as a writer.
Hard to read these sorts of historical / satirical texts with anything other than an eye for the era. This is gently amusing, a comedy of manners-type thing.
Ridiculous, but the 1915 illustrated edition is absolutely gorgeous
#ElFarsanteFeliz de #MaxBeerbohn.
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