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Seven Men
Sir Max Beerbohm
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In order to liven up the literary history of Great Britain in the 1890s (as if Oscar Wilde, Stevenson, Kipling, Hardy, etc., were not lively enough) Max Beerbohm wrote short biographies of six imaginary writers. Though their works of course no longer exist, he leaves the impression that the literary world is really none the poorer. It is, of course, the six men themselves (Beerbohm himself is the seventh man of the title) who are worth our attention.
In order to liven up the literary history of Great Britain in the 1890s (as if Oscar Wilde, Stevenson, Kipling, Hardy, etc., were not lively enough) Max Beerbohm wrote short biographies of six imaginary writers. Though their works of course no longer exist, he leaves the impression that the literary world is really none the poorer. It is, of course, the six men themselves (Beerbohm himself is the seventh man of the title) who are worth our attention.
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'I am a gentleman, and,' he said with intense emphasis, 'I thought I was in the company of GENTLEMEN.'
'Don't!' I gasped faintly. 'Oh, don't!'
'Curious, nicht wahr?' I heard him say to Soames. 'There is a type of person to whom the very mention of my name is—oh-so-awfully-funny! In your theatres the dullest comedian needs only to say "The Devil!" and right away they give him "the loud laugh that speaks the vacant mind." Is it not so?'
I had now just breath enough to offer my apologies. He accepted them, but coldly, and re-addressed himself to Soames.
'I am a man of business,' he said, 'and always I would put things through "right now," as they say in the States. You are a poet. Les affaires—you detest them. So be it. But with me you will deal, eh? What you have said just now gives me furiously to hope.'
Soames had not moved, except . . . Read More
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Community Reviews
[Original review]
A couple of days ago, I reviewed Arthur M. Steven's
The Blue Book of Charts to Winning Chess
, one of the most dismally misguided chess books ever written. Unfortunately, the author had spent most of his life writing it. I'd only borrowed him as a hook on which to hang a Twilight
Well, this was a wonderful start to 2024! I'm reading a good deal of Beerbohm as part of my Modern Library project. What's impressive about Beerbohm is the sheer amount of range, impressionistic speculation, and style he was able to squeeze out of a very rigid and limited form: namely, the parody of
Five humorous stories that poke fun at the late-19th century literary scene. "Enoch Soames" is perhaps best known and I assume is regarded as the granddaddy of "meta" storytelling. I thought Braxton and Maltby the funniest of the bunch although honorable mention has to go to Savonarola Brown's Shake
Seven Men es el título de una colección de cinco historias cortas, protagonizadas por seis personajes masculinos, que fue publicada en 1919 por el crítico, caricaturista y escritor londinense Max Beerbohm (1872-1956). El séptimo hombre al que alude el título de la colección sería el propio Beerbohm,
This book had a surprising amount of fantastical elements. I found the narrator quirky and charming, which helped carry the book through some of the slower moments. A nice, quick read.
Fantastic short story writing! Max Beerbohm brings characters, settings, and events to life with masterful language. Each story really captures the essence of the six different men directly portrayed; the seventh man is Beerbohm himself, the narrator and participant in each of the stories, who is su
Seven Men holds five stories, each about a different character and one story about two. That makes six; the seventh man is Max himself, writing each story as if it’s an essay on someone he knows. In some cases he’s an active part of the story, in others he’s more of an observer, but this gives us ou
A mixed baggage. I would have given 3 and a half if I had the option. The best of all was the first story "Enoch Soames". We have our narrator(Beerbohm himself) being a friend to a writer called Enoch Soames, who for all reasons unknown and best, neglected by all. He is introduced as a measured, res
More fun with Uncle Max, this time in the form of brief fictional biographies. The best piece is the first one, on Enoch Soames who had everything necessary to be a big literary hit in the 1890s, except talent. He makes an ill-considered bargain with the devil and pays the price.