Yet Again

Max Beerbohm (1872 - 1956)

This is a diverse collection of essays by English writer Max Beerbohm, whose circle included such famous men as Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, Ezra Pound, and Somerset Maugham.

The essays vary considerably in character and subject. They include, among others: a spoof on the bumbling and inarticulate nature of oratory in the House of Commons; a discussion of the writings of James Whistler, the impressionist painter (which Beerbohm considers widely neglected and under-rated); a humorous consideration of why the King of England should make a royal visit to Switzerland; and a description of the delights of frequent attendance at British courts of justice.

The author was among England's best known artists; Section Twenty-Two contains humorous (as well as critical) discussions of nine works of art, including paintings by Reubens, Corot, and Bellini.

- Summary by Kirsten Wever

Genre(s): Essays & Short Works

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 The Fire Kirsten Wever
00:24:24
Play 02 Seeing People Off Kirsten Wever
00:13:15
Play 03 A Memory of a Midnight Express Kirsten Wever
00:16:45
Play 04 Porro Unum Kirsten Wever
00:12:31
Play 05 A Club in Ruins Kirsten Wever
00:22:22
Play 06 '273' Kirsten Wever
00:13:23
Play 07 A Study in Dejection Kirsten Wever
00:11:17
Play 08 A Pathetic Imposture Kirsten Wever
00:10:16
Play 09 The Decline of the Graces Kirsten Wever
00:22:55
Play 10 Whistler's Writing Kirsten Wever
00:27:07
Play 11 Ichabod Kirsten Wever
00:43:14
Play 12 General Elections Kirsten Wever
00:10:49
Play 13 A Parallel Kirsten Wever
00:09:14
Play 14 A Morris for May-Day Kirsten Wever
00:28:41
Play 15 The House of Commons Manner Kirsten Wever
00:22:05
Play 16 The Naming of Streets Kirsten Wever
00:31:36
Play 17 On Shakespeare's Birthday Kirsten Wever
00:12:28
Play 18 A Home-Coming Kirsten Wever
00:10:23
Play 19 'The Ragged Regiment' Kirsten Wever
00:19:38
Play 20 The Homour of the Public Kirsten Wever
00:25:06
Play 21 Dulcedo Judiciorum Kirsten Wever
00:29:42
Play 22 Words for Pictures Kirsten Wever
01:07:00