Max Beerbohm

Max Beerbohm

Sir Henry Maximilian "Max" Beerbohm (24 August 1872 – 20 May 1956) was an English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist best known today for his 1911 novel Zuleika Dobson.

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    “As a teacher, as a propagandist, Shaw is no good at all, even in his own generation. But as a personality, he is immortal.”
    —Max Beerbohm (1872–1956)

    “Granddaddy used to handle snakes in church. Granny drank strychnine. I guess you could say I had a leg up, genetically speaking.”
    —Wesley Strick, U.S. screenwriter, and Martin Scorsese. Max Cady (Robert DeNiro)

    “Most women are not so young as they are painted.”
    —Max Beerbohm (1872–1956)