Zuleika Dobson is a 1911 novel by Max Beerbohm, a satire of undergraduate life at Oxford. It was his only novel. A database query syntax error has occurred. ... Max Beerbohm by William Rothenstein, 1893 Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm (August 24, 1872 - May 20, 1956) was an English satirist and caricaturist. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ...

Zuleika Dobson is a stunningly beautiful young woman, a true femme fatale, who is a conjurer by profession. Zuleika manages to gain entrance to the priviledged, all-male domain of Oxford University when she visits her grandfather, the Warden of Judas College. There she entices all the men in college with her looks; however, as she feels that she cannot love anyone unless he is impervious to her charms, she rejects her suitors and any number of them are driven to suicide. Mata Hari, exotic dancer and convicted spy, made her name synonymous with femme fatale during WWI. — Mae West A femme fatale is a stock character, a villainous woman who uses the malign power of sexuality in order to ensnare the hapless hero. ... A conjurer (or conjuror) is a person that performs rituals or acts of conjuration. ... The University of Oxford, situated in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of intentionally ending ones own life. ...

This satire includes such wonderful lines as "Death cancels all engagements" and presents an wickedly funny view of Edwardian Oxford.

External link

• Free eBook of Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story (http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1845) at Project Gutenberg