Seven Men

by Max Beerbohm Narrated by Nicholas Clifford

Overview

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. ( Nicholas Clifford)

Note that the Gutenberg edition of Seven Men is incomplete, but the missing sections may be found separatelyJames Pethel http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/759E.V. Laider http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/761

Editorial Reviews

Booknews

Reprint of the incomparable Max's classic parody of the end of the 19th-century world. New introduction by John Updike. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

From the Publisher

"Don’t miss the arch-decadent Enoch Soames and the fortunetelling A.V. Laider." —Michael Dirda, Washington Post, List of 66 Favorite Books

"As a parodist, he is probably the finest in English." —W.H. Auden


"The most faultless of my contemporaries...I prefer Seven Men to all his other books." —Bertrand Russell

"Not even a good comedy is so rare as genuine satire, and when an example of the latter is produced some indulgence in superlatives may be excused. In the case of [Seven Men] it is difficult to restrain praise within the bounds of judgment, for its beneficent, limpid ridicule is an undiluted joy." —The Spectator

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169335804
Publisher:	LibriVox
Publication date:	08/25/2014

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