A satirical fantasy in which a bewitching young woman visits Oxford and every besotted undergraduate resolves to die for her.
Books mentioned in Zuleika Dobson (3)
Clarissa by Samuel Richardson: “after the publication of “Clarissa Harlowe” she spent practically all her time in reading novels”
The Invasion of the Crimea by Alexander William Kinglake: “he flashed down in the semblance of Kinglake’s “Invasion of the Crimea” (four vols., large 8vo, half-calf)”
Politics by Aristotle: ““You have been to a lecture?” “Aristotle’s Politics,” nodded Noaks”