# Max Beerbohm — The Works of Max Beerbohm character guide

> Max Beerbohm in The Works of Max Beerbohm by Max Beerbohm.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Mr. Beerbohm, Mr. Max Beerbohm

**First appearance:** 0001-the-works-of-max-beerbohm

## Snapshot

The velvet-voiced essayist who turns dandyism into a fine art, wandering Victorian drawing rooms with a mirror and a smirk.

## Who they are

Beerbohm is the book's presiding intelligence, a young wit who surveys the pageant of society from a window seat and finds in its absurdities the stuff of serious style. His pose is detached, almost languid, yet his judgments are needle-sharp, and his affection for his subjects is inseparable from his mockery of them. He matters because every portrait here is filtered through his sensibility: to read him is to learn how a dandy thinks, and why that thinking still stings.

## Relationships

### [King George IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_works_of_max_beerbohm_se/characters/king_george_iv)

_psychological_

Max Beerbohm, as the author, had a satirical and observational fascination with King George IV, portraying him as a figure of ridicule.

## In the story

### [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_works_of_max_beerbohm_se/chapters/epigraph)

Described as a scholar, quietly assured of his achievements, and purposed not to offend.

### [The Works of Max Beerbohm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_works_of_max_beerbohm_se/chapters/the-works-of-max-beerbohm)

Central figure of the chapter, whose works are cataloged and discussed.

### [Dandies and Dandies](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_works_of_max_beerbohm_se/chapters/dandies-and-dandies)

Narrator and commentator on dandyism, reflecting on his own occasional desires for antique costumes.

### [A Good Prince](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_works_of_max_beerbohm_se/chapters/a-good-prince)

The narrator who observes the prince in the Green Park and reflects on his public image.

### [1880](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_works_of_max_beerbohm_se/chapters/1880)

Narrator and historian of the period, reflecting on his personal fascination with 1880s society.

### [The Pervasion of Rouge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_works_of_max_beerbohm_se/chapters/the-pervasion-of-rouge)

The author and narrator, presenting his defense of cosmetics and artifice.

### [Diminuendo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_works_of_max_beerbohm_se/chapters/diminuendo)

The narrator, a freshman at Oxford in 1890, who decides to retire to a suburban villa to live a life of quiet contemplation.

### [The Works of Max Beerbohm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_works_of_max_beerbohm_se/chapters/the-works-of-max-beerbohm)

Subject of the bibliography.

### [The Bibliography of the Works of Max Beerbohm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_works_of_max_beerbohm_se/chapters/the-bibliography-of-the-works-of-max-beerbohm)

Subject of the bibliography; author of all listed works.

### [Personalia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_works_of_max_beerbohm_se/chapters/personalia)

Subject of the chapter; his birth, interviews, and departure from Oxford are recorded.

### [Portraits of Mr. Max Beerbohm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_works_of_max_beerbohm_se/chapters/portraits-of-mr-max-beerbohm)

Subject of multiple portraits and sketches in various publications.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_works_of_max_beerbohm_se/chapters/endnotes)

Author of the endnotes, providing commentary and citations.

## Links

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