Yet Again

by Max Beerbohm

Yet Again by Max Beerbohm is a collection of essays that blends sharp wit, humor, and insightful social commentary. Through these essays, Beerbohm examines the peculiarities and absurdities of modern life, often highlighting the contradictions and ironies that shape human behavior. In Seeing People Off, he reflects on the discomfort of goodbyes, while in A Club in Ruins, he explores the odd fascination with decaying buildings. In Ichabod, he humorously questions his own trivial concerns, like the removal of labels from his luggage.
Other essays delve into societal observations, such as the surprising lack of eloquence in members of the British Parliament in The House of Commons Manner and the more compelling entertainment found in the courtroom than in the theatre in Dulcedo Judiciorum. Along with these, Beerbohm includes a section of imaginative essays inspired by famous works of art.
With his signature irony and erudition, Yet Again offers a delightful exploration of human nature, social conventions, and the humorous contradictions of everyday life.

203 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1909

About the author

Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm, as "Max," known British writ, apparently wrote Caricatures of Twenty-five Gentlemen in 1896.

Henry Maximilian Beerbohm served as an English essayist, parodist.

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Reviews

[Lucy · Rating 3 out of 5]

For dipping into rather than reading at a gulp - and stop at the point where he starts describing pictures. Those essays are truly awful!

[Avis Black]

Beerbohm's essay collections are always patchy. I've read some good essays by him, but also some bad ones.

[Mary Bess]

Life has given me the great fortune of having many friends as entertaining as this book.