# Mr. Brummell — The Works of Max Beerbohm character guide

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

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Even Mr. Brummell, Brummell

**First appearance:** 0002-dandies-and-dandies

## Snapshot

The Beau who made simplicity the highest extravagance, ruling Regency fashion from a dressing-room he treated as a studio.

## Who they are

Brummell is the book's central artist, a man whose medium was dark cloth, perfect linen, and the symmetry of glove with hand. He is economical, scrupulous, and utterly without personality outside his art, which is precisely what makes him fascinating to Beerbohm. His rise and eventual flight from England after losing his figure give the collection its spine: a study of how style can be a whole life, and what happens when the life outlives the style.

## Relationships

### [John Lane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_works_of_max_beerbohm_se/characters/john_lane)

_professional_

John Lane was a publisher who worked with Mr. Brummell, likely as a business associate or editor.

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

_friendship_

King George IV and Mr. Brummell were once close friends and style icons, though their relationship later soured.

## In the story

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

Praised as the 'Father of Modern Costume' whose precepts of quiet, reasonable, and beautiful dress still dominate fashion.

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

Mentioned indirectly in the context of dandyism and princely conduct.

### [King George the Fourth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_works_of_max_beerbohm_se/chapters/king-george-the-fourth)

Mentioned in passing as a figure of dandyism, though not directly involved in the chapter's narrative.

### [Poor Romeo!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_works_of_max_beerbohm_se/chapters/poor-romeo)

Mentioned as a paragon of dandyism, whose foibles Coates parodies.

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