And Even Now

It sure sounds like our narrator, "Victoria Styles," is actually an A.I.-generated voice. "Victoria" not only mispronounces many simple words like "Sir," but there is no pausing between essays or within sections within the essays. "Victoria" has no sense of drama in her reading, and the pacing is flat and far-too consistent in a non-human style. I love Beerbohm and I was happy to see this collection issued as an audiobook; however, I am not so happy having paid for it. As far as audiobooks go, this one is terrible,

Max’s first collection of essays and articles was titled The Works of Max Beerbohm, which is just wonderful. This collection, published when he was middle-aged, is often considered his best. It is very good. Less biting, perhaps, than some of his earlier writing, it is still frequently hilarious whi......more

Something different for me, a collection of essays. Max Beerbohm was soothing in his writing even though there was a biting quality at times. The essays were set in the first decade of 1900 England; there were many fresh observations, clever quips and insights into humanity.......more

Some nuggets, but he went on a bit.......more

I read this book in order to read it again.......more

Beerbohm is somewhat patchy, but his best essays are quite good.......more